On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 7:19 PM, Hardee, Chuck <chuck.har...@thermofisher.com > wrote:
> Before I move on to the next function of my Easytrieve program, I thought > I'd ask for some insight from those who have used BPXWDYN. > > And before anyone says RTFM, I have. > > Okay, here's the issue, the documentation does not include DEFER as an > option for dynamic allocation functions. At least not in a way that I > interpret it as being available. > However, that said, there is a TU() parameter with which one can supply an > SVC 99 Text Unit that has been coded by hand. > So, has anyone issued a BPXWDYN request for ALLOC in which they have coded > a TU() parameter with an allocation text unit for DEFER? > > Next, I need to concatenate the "n" number of datasets from another > program's selection process together for processing. > I can allocate the first dataset with an explicit DD name and then I can > allocate the remaining datasets with a return DD name parameter. > This, then, allows me to issue a concatenation function and concatenate > them all together under the name of the first, supplied DD name. > But, I need to have unit affinity so that they all go thru the same > logical unit. Yes, these are all tape datasets. > > This is what I am trying to accomplish using BPXWDYN: > > //INDSN DD DISP=SHR,DSN=dataset1 > // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=dataset2,UNIT= > AFF=INDSN > // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=dataset3,UNIT= > AFF=INDSN > // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=dataset4,UNIT= > AFF=INDSN > > Anyone ever do anything like this? > Impossible. Ref: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ieaa800/notinda.htm [quote] Table 1. JCL DD Statement Facilities Not Supported by Dynamic Allocation Restricted DDnamesJOBCAT, STEPCAT, JOBLIB, and STEPLIBKeyword ParametersCHKPT, DDNAME, DLM, and DSIDPositional Parameters*, DATA, and DYNAMSelected Subparameters of Keywords*Keyword**Subparameter Not Supported*DCBreference to ddname of a previous step CYLOFL NTM RKP DISPPASS specificationDSNreference to ddname (as in *.ddname) ISAM area name SPACEABSTR specificationUNITAFFVOLUMERETAIN specification REF=ddname [/quote] > > Thanks, > Chuck > > > Charles (Chuck) Hardee<mailto:chuck.har...@thermofisher.com> > Senior Systems Engineer/Database Administration > EAS Information Technology<mailto:DBA%20Engineering%20-%20DB2_IDMS> > > -- There’s no obfuscated Perl contest because it’s pointless. —Jeff Polk Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
