> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL > Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 12:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: 2 Identical STC Running at the Same Time > > >As long as the DD is never opened, the VTOC is never > searched for the DSN. > > What is special about this? > I've always received JCL errors when specifying DISP=OLD with > a non-existant DSN. > And, I started in this business as a JCL jockey (Production > Support) in February 1981. > > Is it the VOL=REF? > > - > Too busy driving to stop for gas!
Yes, it is the VOL=REF, or a VOL=SER, which makes it work. In both cases, the parameter causes the initiator to bypass the catalog lookup of the DSN=. Of course, then DSN in the VOL=REF= must be catalogued on DASD! -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
