Isn't that the point of getting a file allocation report with every SMP run?
Adam Sent from my iPhone On Aug 9, 2017, at 7:58 PM, Edward Gould <edgould1...@comcast.net> wrote: >> On Aug 9, 2017, at 4:34 PM, Paul Gilmartin >> <0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 20:58:11 +0100, CM Poncelet wrote: >>> ——————————————SNIP---------------------------------------------- >> If the DSNames are in DDDEFs (highly recommended) they can be listed >> with SMP/E commands. At times, a question has been posed here, >> "Can I, for a one-off, overide in JCL the DDDEFs in the CSIs?" Yes, but >> don't do that! > > Gil, > > I have a preference to use JCL with dd’s in the step(proc) for maintenance. > > I have been burned by a fellow sysprog as he managed to put the maintenance > in the wrong zone. > > After the IPL I started to get the phone calls saying that X is still broken. > The time it takes is a PITA. I then have to track down what went where. > I also get a black mark from the programmers and my boss for screwing it up. > The black mark from the programmers is aggravating as then they stop trusting > me and I have to earn their trust back. The boss is not so forgiving even > when a 3rd person is involved. His answer is your fault as you didn’t verify > what the person did. Personally I don’t have the time in the day/evening to > check out what fellow sysprogs did. About 20 years ago I was putting in 100 > hour work weeks and it burned me out. > Once I figure out what happened, that means paper work and another scheduled > IPL. > I can *TRUST* JCL and not worry about the DDEF’s which are for all intents > purposes is invisible. > > Ed > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
