As I recall - DWIM was a CMS based 'command corrector' ..  it didn't do
anything like check your system/DASD configuration - it would try and self
correct finger checks to commands you entered.  But I understand the
correlation with *intent* in this case :-)

Scott Rohling

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Jim Bohnsack <jab...@cornell.edu> wrote:

> What you're asking for used to be called DWIM (Do What I Mean).  There was
> a package on the IBM internal tools disk 25 years ago or so called that.
>  Never really had the guts to try it out.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On 1/18/2011 6:12 PM, Alan Altmark wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, 01/18/2011 at 04:51 EST, Scott Rohling
>> <scott.rohl...@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> The DASD is defined as shared - but if you're really sharing this RACF
>>>
>> database
>>
>>> - the 200 and 300 minidisks need to be fullpack minidisks.  Cylinder 0
>>>
>> to END.
>>
>>>  (DEVNO disks are recommended)
>>>
>>> I'm not saying this is the cause of the problem you are seeing ..   but
>>> RESERVE/RELEASE protection of the database between your z/VM systems
>>>
>> isn't
>>
>>> happening the way you have it defined - and I thought I should point
>>>
>> that out.
>>
>> Some day I'd like to see the sysprog's *intent* expressed in SETROPTS and
>> for RACF to ask CP whether or not the proper sacrifices have been made on
>> behalf of the volumes containing the databases.
>>
>> Alan Altmark
>>
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