In a recent note, Edward E. Jaffe said: > Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:23:44 -0700 > > Paul Gilmartin wrote: > > >I wondered about the value of PDSE here. Alas, however, our > >test systems exceed in number and span of releases both limits > >for SYSPLEX. Using PDSE would aggravate the ENQ logjam. > > > Just the opposite should be true. It sounds like you're *already* > sharing a single ISPF profile data set without serialization. > Not in my experience. If our listing library, for example has DSNTYPE=PDS, a user on one system can browse a member while a user on another system updates a different member. If, instead, I use DSNTYPE=LIBRARY, the user attempting the update fails with S213-70. We're using a private integrity facility that issues an exclusive ENQ on SYSIEWLP for the duration of the update.
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