Not a 'tool' exactly but I wrote a similar *raw* comparison job to do what you're seeking. It uses IDCAMS DCOLLECT SMSDATA() where SCDSNAME(ACTIVE) gives you the equivalent values that are found in the current ACDS. You then SuperC that vs. the SCDSNAME() you're looking to activate/validate.
Unfortunately, there will always be deltas [1] if only for internal dates; so I wrote myself a SAS program that does a raw comparison, ignoring the record header stuffs, and provides offsets & lengths that can be used with the DCOLLECT records layouts in the AMS appendix. That illustrated to me that the information in 'Reserved' fields will *not* be equal. Still, it, along with an IDCAMS PRINT of both, made the manual investigation simpler and could be used as backup documentation when printed/annotated/filed. I'll bundle up the 10 member library for those that want. (I never considered it for CBT since it's *really* just an augmented SuperC.) [1] I just re-ran the job comparing the activating SCDS against the ACTIVE and SuperC gives 980 deltas. The SAS program 'wheedles' that down to 367 items to check. (only 16 of those are non-SG related.) --------> signature = 8 lines follows <-------- Neil Duffee, Joe Sysprog, uOttawa, Ottawa, Ont, Canada telephone:1 613 562 5800 x4585 fax:1 613 562 5161 mailto:NDuffee of uOttawa.ca http:/ /aix1.uOttawa.ca/ ~nduffee "How *do* you plan for something like that?" Guardian Bob, Reboot "For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism." "Systems Programming: Guilty, until proven innocent" John Norgauer 2004 "Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted." John McKown 2015 -----Original Message----- From: retired mainframer [mailto:ret..-ma...@q...com] Sent: February 3, 2017 00:03 Subject: Re: SCDS/ACDS Compare Tool You could use ISMF to print the various classes and ACS routines, one dataset with the "current" output and the other with the SCDS output. Then SUPERC the two listings and let management think they understand what the differences mean. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > On Behalf Of Chuck Kreiter > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 10:19 AM > Subject: SCDS/ACDS Compare Tool > > Management at my company wants to see a delta compare of the ACDS and > the "to be activated" SCDS so that they can see what is going to be > implemented > with a given change. I've asked IBM and they were not aware of anything. > I've looked at Naviquest and it can do some but not everything. A > FileManger compare of the files doesn't produce anything useful. > Anyone know of such a tool or process to produce such a compare? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
