SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query)

2012-02-14 Thread Thomas Berg
Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Thomas Berg Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 5:11 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query) -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query)

2012-02-14 Thread Vernooij, CP - SPLXM
Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com wrote in message news:2205241542597622.wa.paulgboulderaim@bama.ua.edu... On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:23:14 +0100, R.S. wrote: The only application I know that manages extent size - that means using some algorithm for extent increase - is MQ Series aka

SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query)

2012-02-14 Thread Thomas Berg
-Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] För Lizette Koehler Skickat: den 14 februari 2012 13:27 Till: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Ämne: Re: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query) But, this is precisely what

Re: SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query)

2012-02-14 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:28:58 +0100, Vernooij, CP - SPLXM wrote: Paul Gilmartin wrote in message And now I may add to my list another example or two of IBM's having a good idea but implementing it in the wrong layer. This should have been done not in MQ and/or DB2, but in allocation where

Re: SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query)

2012-02-14 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
On 2/14/2012 9:42 AM, Thomas Berg wrote: AFAICS, what needs to be changed is just the interpretation of the SPACE parm and the actual allocation on disk at the time of execution. - There have been changes in the JCL language the latest Years: LIKE, DCB subparms outside of the DCB parm, etc.

Re: SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query)

2012-02-14 Thread Ron Hawkins
[mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Thomas Berg Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 5:11 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: [IBM-MAIN] SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query) -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN

SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query)

2012-02-13 Thread Thomas Berg
-Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] För Lizette Koehler Skickat: den 13 februari 2012 12:43 Till: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Ämne: Re: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query) I can't understand why we STILL

SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query)

2012-02-13 Thread Thomas Berg
My variant is faster to write! ;) (BTW, with my idea only needed space is allocated, there is no unused preallocated space.)   Regards, Thomas Berg _ Thomas Berg   Specialist   A M   SWEDBANK -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: IBM Mainframe

SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query)

2012-02-13 Thread Thomas Berg
-Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] För Vernooij, CP - SPLXM Skickat: den 13 februari 2012 14:22 Till: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Ämne: Re: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query) Thomas Berg

Re: SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query)

2012-02-13 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2012-02-13 14:28, Thomas Berg pisze: [...] With SPACE=ANY, the needed space is allocated and extended during the execution. So You don't do any preallocation of a specified amount of space. Thomas, Your idea is worth discussion, but not your requirement is off target. It is not JCL

SV: SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query)

2012-02-13 Thread Thomas Berg
Ämne: Re: SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query) W dniu 2012-02-13 14:28, Thomas Berg pisze: [...] With SPACE=ANY, the needed space is allocated and extended during the execution. So You don't do any preallocation of a specified amount of space. Thomas, Your idea

Re: SV: SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query)

2012-02-13 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2012-02-13 15:21, Thomas Berg pisze: (This is an answer also to Vernooij.) Please consider what You do manually when the space is to small (e g B37 etc.), or You just is unsure: You try a bigger allocation, maybe also extend (or reduce) the secondary amount. And repeat. Often many

SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query)

2012-02-13 Thread Thomas Berg
-Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] För Paul Gilmartin Skickat: den 13 februari 2012 15:48 Till: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Ämne: Re: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query) On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:27:53 +0100,

Re: SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query)

2012-02-13 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:48:57 +0100, R.S. wrote: Your idea is worth discussion, but not your requirement is off target. It is not JCL problem, it is z/OS problem. To fill the requirement the sapce should be allocated ad hoc, cluster after cluster (*). That requires total VTOC revolution. What

SV: SV: SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query)

2012-02-13 Thread Thomas Berg
-Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] För R.S. Skickat: den 13 februari 2012 15:49 Till: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Ämne: Re: SV: SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query) W dniu 2012-02-13 15:21, Thomas Berg

Re: SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query)

2012-02-13 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2012-02-13 16:14, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:48:57 +0100, R.S. wrote: Your idea is worth discussion, but not your requirement is off target. It is not JCL problem, it is z/OS problem. To fill the requirement the sapce should be allocated ad hoc, cluster after cluster

Re: SV: SV: SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query)

2012-02-13 Thread Mark Jacobs
On 02/13/12 10:20, Thomas Berg wrote: snip I refuse! :) (In my life space abends occurs regularly, often caused by circumstances beyond my control.) BTW, You latter suggestions is not bad - but You didn't go far enough! There should unlimited number of *everything*! Don't make artificial

Re: SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query)

2012-02-13 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:13:48 +0100, Thomas Berg wrote: Can you use UNIX files (zFS) for your purposes and avoid the archaism? Not practically. But that would be a circumvention, not a solution as I see it. When something doesn't work as desired, and it's impractical to fix it (R.S. appears

Re: SV: SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query)

2012-02-13 Thread Vernooij, CP - SPLXM
-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Ämne: Re: SV: SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query) W dniu 2012-02-13 15:21, Thomas Berg pisze: (This is an answer also to Vernooij.) Please consider what You do manually when the space is to small (e g B37 etc.), or You just is unsure

SV: SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query)

2012-02-13 Thread Thomas Berg
-Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] För Paul Gilmartin Skickat: den 13 februari 2012 16:30 Till: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Ämne: Re: SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query) On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:13:48

SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query)

2012-02-13 Thread Thomas Berg
I'm beginning to wondering... :) But I started in februari 1979...   Regards, Thomas Berg _ Thomas Berg   Specialist   A M   SWEDBANK -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] För Frank

Re: SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query)

2012-02-13 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:23:14 +0100, R.S. wrote: The only application I know that manages extent size - that means using some algorithm for extent increase - is MQ Series aka Wbesphere MQ (since version 6 AFAIR). It would be nice to have such facility in DATACLASS. Nice indeed. And someone else

Re: SV: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query)

2012-02-13 Thread Field, Alan C.
Sent from my iPad On Feb 13, 2012, at 14:53, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com wrote: On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:23:14 +0100, R.S. wrote: The only application I know that manages extent size - that means using some algorithm for extent increase - is MQ Series aka Wbesphere MQ (since version