We use TSM scripts. I started out using a homegrown process that did what you are doing but with REXX execs which examined TSM output. It was not flexible. I later found a TSM script that someone shared with me that does it all. We do use wait=yes for the processes since we have limitations with tape resources on our TSM server running Z/OS
Our processes run serially not multiple though. If I wanted to support multiple I would run 2 separate scripts. Tim Brown Systems Specialist - Project Leader Central Hudson Gas & Electric 284 South Ave Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Phone: 845-486-5643 Fax: 845-486-5921 Cell: 845-235-4255 -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Thomas Denier Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 4:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Wait=yes with multiple processes We have a 5.4.2.0 TSM server running under mainframe Linus. Our daily housekeeping uses 'backup stgpool', 'migrate stgpool', and 'reclaim stgpool' commands that start multiple processes. The home-grown software that manages our housekeeping figures out when each of these activities is done by examining data piped from an administrative client session with the console option. I am looking into the possibility of simplifying the management software by using the 'wait=yes' option of the various commands. How does this option behave with multiple processes? In particular, does the command end when the last of the multiple processes ends?
