sigh I know...
That I didn't tell you was they created (not through dynamic but
through some other path (old TSO I'd guess) so their naming
"standards" was their own which was not a && type situation) it
looked like one but they never fully converted to the "new" temp
naming stards tha
Another plug for Naviquest - the free IBM test facility for SMS. This is
the perfect time to start setting up your test cases & learning to use it.
Unless your shop is 'rich' enough to set up a whole separate test-plex,
it's one of the few ways to actually test your code before putting it i
Ed,
In the ACS routines you usually test for &DSTYPE=TEMP, rather than a system
generated dataset name mask.
Ron
> The issue in TMP is that some software vendors use && type datasets as
> perm and then rename them "magically". No they shouldn't do it and you can
> argue with them for years and t
b Schramm
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> I am not sure how valid it is anymore (it was more than 10 years ago). We
did
> it after the initial implementation... the fragmen
On Jul 4, 2012, at 5:59 PM, Ron Hawkins wrote:
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SNIP---
TMP: truly temporary datasets, and not transitory datasets passed
from job to job
DBS: any dataset allocated by a DBMS (IMS, DB2, IDMS, etc) or an
OLTP (CICS, etc). Som
C/SRS, PRO-SMS, or
> whatever ISV software you have as part of your implementation.
>
> Ron
>
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> You may want to consider the use of a couple size-related pools. During
one
> analysis ... something like 80% of the data sets were below 5 tracks.
>
>
> Rob Schramm
> Senior Systems Consultant
&g
u took the time to read my
email :-)
Ron
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You may want to consider the use of a couple size-related pools. During
one analysis ... something like 80% of the data sets were below 5 tracks.
Rob Schramm
Senior Systems Consultant
Imperium Group
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht <
elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za> wrote:
Ron Hawkins wrote:
>I would urge you to consider vertical pooling rather than horizontal pooling.
...
> My key point is to go horizontal, and avoid vertical pooling.
Vertical against horizontal? Perhaps I missed something in your post, but in my
very humble opinion, I think both sentences are
cation?
Bob
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Lizette,
Before starting down t
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Ron
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Ooops ... I think I meant we restricted STORGRP (not STORCLAS).
be seeing you ... Don
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> I have a friend who has a shop that is non SMS. I am trying to provide a
simple check list on how to convert to SMS managed storage.
>
> If anyone has suggestions on best practices for a conversion - pl
AM
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>>If anyone has suggestions on best practices for a conversion – please let me
>>know.
Two more (and last) hints:
Keep RACF DB and perhaps other certain datasets (DSORG=U for example) away from
SMS.
Ha
>>If anyone has suggestions on best practices for a conversion – please let me
>>know.
Two more (and last) hints:
Keep RACF DB and perhaps other certain datasets (DSORG=U for example) away from
SMS.
Have a hard and fast and absolute unpopular rule:
"Anything uncataloged means immediate delet
Lizette Koehler wrote:
>If anyone has suggestions on best practices for a conversion – please let me
>know.
There are redbooks and ABC of system programmer books, sigh, I don't have the
links to send to you... Sorry
> So steps are missing. ☺
Keep things small and easy. ISMF also provide a
surance
Company®, Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA
Life and Health Insurance Company.SM
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I have a friend who has a shop that is non SMS. I am trying to provide a
simple check list on how to convert to SMS managed storage.
If anyone has suggestions on best practices for a conversion – please let me
know.
I have one idea of how to do, but others with more experience might have a mor
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