I've got a PROGxx parser, but it's written Natural and uses Entire System Server from SoftwareAG. Probably not what Sam needs :)
Dave Gibney [EMAIL PROTECTED] System Programmer (509) 335-7359 Information Technology Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-1222 > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Knutson, Sam > Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 4:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: How to detect a missing link list library? > > Hi, > > Is there a way to detect a missing link list library? > > z/OS continues to be more robust and like OS/390 and MVS/ESA before it > will > IPL quite happily if a link list library cannot be found so long as > nothing > critical to the operating system was supposed to be in it. We had an > instance where a storage administrator moved a link list library during a > scheduled event and it was referenced by volser in the PROGxx PARMLIB > member. We had a lot of shrapnel flying about after the outage and did > not > notice till some production batch jobs began to ABEND S806. > > You have for instance specified > > LNKLST ADD NAME(LNKLST4T) DSN(SYS3.FOO.LINKLIB) > LNKLST ADD NAME(LNKLST4T) DSN(SYS3.FOO.VOLSER.LINKLIB) > VOLUME(SYS005) > > I created an example with a library missing that is not cataloged and one > that is missing on the specified volume. > > IEA716I LIBRARY NOT LOCATED - LNKLST DATA SET IGNORED > SYS3.FOO.LINKLIB > > IGGN307I SYS005,SYS3.FOO.VOLSER.LINKLIB,DATA SET NOT FOUND ON VOLUME > IEA716I UNABLE TO OPEN LIBRARY - LNKLST DATA SET IGNORED > SYS3.FOO.VOLSER.LINKLIB > > I can automate this on an outboard automation tool like CA Automation > Point > but I wanted to see how I can detect it in the host OS. > > I already am looking at using REXX/SDSF or SAPI to search SYSLOG from the > current IPL. > > I had hoped to find a flag in a control block I could check for instance > using REXX from out automation tool CA-OPSMVS to see if there had been an > error but I have not found anything yet. > > I did try Health Checker and the current iteration doesn't detect this > just > potentially problematic attributes in the actual libraries in use. > > > Thanks, > > Sam Knutson, GEICO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
