Archaic but still documented.... https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.idad400/d4111b.htm
z/OS DFSMS Using Data Sets SC23-6855-00 I made no assumptions about the original post....Is there evidence of SMS? On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 4:18 AM, Pommier, Rex <rpomm...@sfgmembers.com> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Tom Marchant > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 12:29 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: VSAM file as GDS > > On Thu, 22 Jun 2017 13:11:20 +1000, Wayne Bickerdike wrote: > > >Just take off the LIKE parameter. The GDG should have a model DSCB. Why > >make things so hard? > > The "Model DSCB" is an uncataloged data set with the same name as the GDG, > located on the volume that holds the catalog containing the GDG. As such, > it is incompatible with SMS, and it cannot be used with SMS-managed data > sets. > > LIKE and its cousins are the recommended way to do it with SMS. > > -- > Tom Marchant > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > First of all, a caveat. I don't like MDCBs and have been trying to > convince my employer to get rid of them as long as I've been here. That > being said, we have a volume that has very little on it besides thousands > of cataloged MDCBs without any catalogs on the volume. The people in > charge of maintaining JCL insist upon having them and reference them > specifically in the JCL. > > Example: > > //PFILE DD DSN=A.B.C.D(+1), > // UNIT=TAPE, > // DCB=MDCB.A.B.C.D, > // DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE) > > Rex > > The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from > disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is > not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for > delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified > that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action > omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If > you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately > by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, > whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
