On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 12:01:29 -0700, Frank Swarbrick wrote: >I'm not the sysprog, so I may not have all of the details, but >if I remember correctly these are the issues: > >We have PDSESHARING(NORMAL) in our IGDSMSxx member, >rather than PDSESHARING(EXTENDED). > >From http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r9/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.zos.r9.idad400/pdsesh3.htm > >"In a multiple-system environment, the system programmer uses >PDSESHARING(EXTENDED) to share PDSEs at the member level. >A system programmer must specify PDSESHARING(EXTENDED) in >the IGDSMSxx member in the SYS1.PARMLIB on each system in >the sysplex. Every system that is sharing a PDSE must be a >member of the sysplex and have the sysplex coupling facility >(XCF) active." > >We don't have the sysplex, so we're stuck with >PDSESHARING(NORMAL). >This causes problems when one system has a PDSE open and >a second system opens it and tries to update it. Take for >example the following scenario, which I just tested. >
This has been discussed several times. Please search the archives. You can not share a PDSE outside of a Sysplex. If you are not in a Sysplex, you can not share a PDSE with another system. If you do so, you can expect the PDSE to break. You quoted the reference. "Every system that is sharing a PDSE must be a member of the sysplex and have the sysplex coupling facility (XCF) active." -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
