Re: JCL Changes and SMS and Not Cataloged Datasets

2011-08-28 Thread Rick Fochtman
--- It may work for you, but I'd rather not have your (potential) maintenance issues! (8-{[} -- Never had a problem. Perhaps because we kept SYS1.IPL0 on th

Re: JCL Changes and SMS and Not Cataloged Datasets

2011-08-27 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman > > -- > > >>This poor practice was something instilled in the Tata contractors we have employed. > >> > >> > > > >Simple answer to that: d

Re: JCL Changes and SMS and Not Cataloged Datasets

2011-08-27 Thread Ed Gould
Rick, Like you we had issues with spool size especially after we converted to 3800-3's. What I did say every month or so spin through sys logs. For a month and graph out spool utilization and added spool volumes if I saw any general up swing. I also cya'd email production and management. This

Re: JCL Changes and SMS and Not Cataloged Datasets

2011-08-27 Thread Ed Gould
Ted, I thought long and hard about this ages ago. I have a smpe proc with symbolic volsers with a default pointing to my install volume I don't reall trust the smpe dialogs ( and I never will) this also as a side benefit if anyone else ever does an install while I am on vacation they will not

Re: JCL Changes and SMS and Not Cataloged Datasets

2011-08-27 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>I seldom have multiple SYSRES volumes. I use dsnames of SYS9 instead of SYS1, >renaming when I install the resvol. >If I'm forced to back it out, then I'm forced to leave the datasets >uncataloged. So, you do have (inexcusable) uncatalogued datasets, occasionally. (8-{]} >The active SYSRES is

Re: JCL Changes and SMS and Not Cataloged Datasets

2011-08-27 Thread Rick Fochtman
I catalog them as a single multi-volume dataset. I've always been overly generous with spool space and thus have seldom needed to add spool space. I've never done it that way. And while one could do it that way and it would

Re: JCL Changes and SMS and Not Cataloged Datasets

2011-08-27 Thread Rick Fochtman
- I catalog them as a single multi-volume dataset. I've always been overly generous with spool space and thus have seldom needed to add spool space. What would happen when you reach the practical limit of 59 volumes?

Re: JCL Changes and SMS and Not Cataloged Datasets

2011-08-27 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>> >I catalog them as a single multi-volume dataset. I've always been overly >> >generous with spool space and thus have seldom needed to add spool space. > >>What would happen when you reach the practical limit of 59 volumes? Why do you say this? >Up to 253 volumes can be designated as spool

Re: JCL Changes and SMS and Not Cataloged Datasets

2011-08-27 Thread Ed Gould
Ted, Technicality here if the dataset is cataloged with asterisks it is technically cataloged. Ed -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-

Re: JCL Changes and SMS and Not Cataloged Datasets

2011-08-27 Thread Mark Zelden
On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 10:28:13 -0500, Rick Fochtman wrote: >I catalog them as a single multi-volume dataset. I've always been >overly generous with spool space and thus have seldom needed to add >spool space. > I've never done it that way. And while one could do it that way and it would functi

Re: JCL Changes and SMS and Not Cataloged Datasets

2011-08-27 Thread John McKown
On Sat, 2011-08-27 at 16:58 +, Ted MacNEIL wrote: > >I catalog them as a single multi-volume dataset. I've always been overly > >generous with spool space and thus have seldom needed to add spool space. > > What would happen when you reach the practical limit of 59 volumes? Why do you say t

Re: JCL Changes and SMS and Not Cataloged Datasets

2011-08-27 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>I catalog them as a single multi-volume dataset. I've always been overly >generous with spool space and thus have seldom needed to add spool space. What would happen when you reach the practical limit of 59 volumes? Also, what do you do with multiple sysres? Multiple parm/lpa/load libs? Since

Re: JCL Changes and SMS and Not Cataloged Datasets

2011-08-27 Thread Rick Fochtman
--- You catalogue SPOOL? And, secondary copies of LPA/LNK libs? SPOOL space is cataloged as a single multi-volume dataset. Secondary copies of LPA/LNK libs all have unique names. Ri

Re: JCL Changes and SMS and Not Cataloged Datasets

2011-08-27 Thread Rick Fochtman
andle multiple JES2 HASPACE datasets. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 4:05 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: JCL Changes and SMS and Not Cataloged Dat

Re: JCL Changes and SMS and Not Cataloged Datasets

2011-08-26 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>You're free to disagree, Ted, but I maintain that there's no excuse for ANY >uncataloged datasets. You catalogue SPOOL? And, secondary copies of LPA/LNK libs? - Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca Twitter: @TedMacNEIL -- For IBM-MAI

Re: JCL Changes and SMS and Not Cataloged Datasets

2011-08-26 Thread Schwarz, Barry A
I wonder how you handle multiple JES2 HASPACE datasets. > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On > Behalf Of Rick Fochtman > Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 4:05 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: JCL Chang

Re: JCL Changes and SMS and Not Cataloged Datasets

2011-08-26 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <995242624f0873419e71e8ce2105c5e5e070f91...@exmail01.scwf.nsc.com>, on 08/26/2011 at 01:43 PM, "Donnelly, John P" said: >This poor practice was something instilled in the Tata contractors we >have employed. Talk to your lawyers; if your outsource company is incompetent then the not catalog

Re: JCL Changes and SMS and Not Cataloged Datasets

2011-08-26 Thread Rick Fochtman
-- This poor practice was something instilled in the Tata contractors we have employed. Simple answer to that: don't hire them again. Long before SMS, in 1981 (when I started), we had utilities to automatically delete unca

Re: JCL Changes and SMS and Not Cataloged Datasets

2011-08-26 Thread Ed Gould
I did not see if the author indicated if the Datasets in question were GDG's or nt. If so could it be the noscratc issue? Ed -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu

Re: JCL Changes and SMS and Not Cataloged Datasets

2011-08-26 Thread Gibney, Dave
nal Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On > Behalf Of Scott Rowe > Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 2:36 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: JCL Changes and SMS and Not Cataloged Datasets > > How are they uncataloging SMS datas

Re: JCL Changes and SMS and Not Cataloged Datasets

2011-08-26 Thread Scott Rowe
How are they uncataloging SMS datasets? I could have sworn a normal user could not accomplish that without special privileges. Since I no longer have a system, I can't verify this, but I thought a DELETE NOSCRATCH for an SMS dataset failed unless you had proper authorization. On Fri, Aug 26, 201

Re: JCL Changes and SMS and Not Cataloged Datasets

2011-08-26 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>This poor practice was something instilled in the Tata contractors we have >employed. Simple answer to that: don't hire them again. Long before SMS, in 1981 (when I started), we had utilities to automatically delete uncatalogued datasets. There has been no reason, aside from SYSRES, JES SPOOL

Re: JCL Changes and SMS and Not Cataloged Datasets

2011-08-26 Thread Donnelly, John P
This poor practice was something instilled in the Tata contractors we have employed. We change one and another crops up... We are looking to change of change control management software to capture... Thankyou all... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MA