I just ran: // EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=* //VOLSER DD DSN=SOME.JUNK.DSN,DISP=OLD, // UNIT=SYSDA,VOL=SER=STOR01
My result: ICH70001I DPC088 LAST ACCESS AT 17:03:31 ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2009 IEF212I DPC088IF VOLSER - DATA SET NOT FOUND IEF272I DPC088IF - STEP WAS NOT EXECUTED. If the volume you specify is an SMS-managed volume, the catalog *will* be searched for the dataset. // EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=* //VOLSER DD DSN=SOME.JUNK.DSN,DISP=OLD, // UNIT=SYSDA,VOL=SER=Z19STG DPC088IF - STEP WAS EXECUTED - COND CODE 0000 DPC088.DPC088IF.JOB68523.D0000101.? SYSOUT DPC088.DPC088IF.JOB68523.D0000102.? SYSOUT SOME.JUNK.DSN KEPT VOL SER NOS= Z19STG. Greg Shirey Ben E. Keith Company -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Wayne Driscoll Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 12:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: 2 Identical STC Running at the Same Time If you specify DSN=DOES.NOT.EXIST the catalog will be queried to find the volser. If no catalog entry is found, JCL error. However, you specify DSN=DOES.NOT.EXIST,VOL=SER=VOLXXX and VOLXXX is online, it will work. =============================================== Wayne Driscoll OMEGAMON DB2 L3 Support/Development wdrisco(AT)us.ibm.com =============================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

