Tom, et al, I was just thinking... CICS aside, when a job ABENDS while updating a KSDS file, what is the most common thing that happens to allow the job to be rerun? Delete and restore the KSDS, right? So what good are the accumulated statistics at this point - valid or invalid? Well there worth zilcho, because they were just deleted. Gone forever.
And the next day someone takes a LISTCAT of that file and makes some decision based on those stats, assuming that it represents 24 hours of activity, when it is really just the last 20 minutes of the batch run. Smart move! I would rather we just got rid of all the stats from LISTCAT. We don't have a listdb2, listdl1, listfastpath or listqsam, so why the religious fervour around LISTC stats? Ron > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Tom Savor > Sent: Thursday, 7 July 2005 1:28 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: IBM VSAM Statistics are often Bogus > > Ok, I'll be the whipping boy. > > Why can't the Operating System be "Enhanced" to intercept the Abend and > close the files. > Close any input file and/or VSAM file. There is already alot of > processing > that occurs after > the abend by building the dump thru Abend-Aid and other debuggers. We > already have CICS > with DTB feature that will backout changes and adds back to the last > SYNCPOINT. DB2 can > backout changes and adds back to the last COMMIT. So why can't Z/OS be > changed to make sure that > VSAM files are closed during Abend process ?? I'm probably wrong, but > this > "sounds" much > easier to do, than what CICS and DB2 does. > > > Tom Savor > Certegy Card Services > 11720 Amber Park Drive, Suite 500 > Alpharetta, GA 30004 > > Phone: 678-867-8431 > cell: 404-660-6898 > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > /\/\_00_/\/\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
