This reminds me - some time ago, I posted a question about SMF records and aliases. A few people responded with the information about SMF storing that data in a additional field, added in (I think) z/OS 1.13. Subsequently, I've verified that JCL allocations do indeed record that information.
ISPF, however, does something different - and I have an open PMR on this. The ISPF allocation routines (from my understanding) detect that you are attempting to access an alias, look up the real name in the catalog, and allocate that instead. The upshot is that browsing/editing/viewing datasets through their alias under ISPF fails to record the alias information in the SMF record - you only get the real dataset name. I've asked the question why, and it's apparently due to an APAR that was raised about 25 years ago whereby ISPF could use an incorrect dataset name. APAR was OY45166, which resolved several alias-related issues. OY44930 could also be involved. Just thought I'd fill you in :-) -- Andy Styles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: 27 May 2016 21:10 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: OA49422 -- This email has reached the Bank via an external source -- OA49422: AUTOMATIC RECALL (VIA BROWSE IN ISPF) OF A NONVSAM ALIAS FAILS WITH ARC1010I Now fixed by PTF and verified. What the APAR doesn't bother to mention is that if JCL refers to the ALIAS, HSM successfully recalls the data set. I'm just curious why the behavior should be so different. Too many paths through Allocation? -- gil Lloyds Banking Group plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. Registered in Scotland no. SC95000. Telephone: 0131 225 4555. Lloyds Bank plc. Registered Office: 25 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HN. Registered in England and Wales no. 2065. Telephone 0207626 1500. Bank of Scotland plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. Registered in Scotland no. SC327000. Telephone: 03457 801 801. Cheltenham & Gloucester plc. Registered Office: Barnett Way, Gloucester GL4 3RL. Registered in England and Wales 2299428. Telephone: 0345 603 1637 Lloyds Bank plc, Bank of Scotland plc are authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority. Cheltenham & Gloucester plc is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Halifax is a division of Bank of Scotland plc. Cheltenham & Gloucester Savings is a division of Lloyds Bank plc. HBOS plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. Registered in Scotland no. SC218813. This e-mail (including any attachments) is private and confidential and may contain privileged material. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete it (including any attachments) immediately. You must not copy, distribute, disclose or use any of the information in it or any attachments. Telephone calls may be monitored or recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
