On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:01:05 -0500, Pinnacle <[email protected]> wrote:
>----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mark Zelden" <[email protected]> >Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main >Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 11:56 AM >Subject: Re: Preview: z/OS V1.12 - September 2010 > > >> On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:41:31 -0600, Chase, John <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Mark Zelden >>>> >>>> I know we can all read, but I have to give 2 thumbs all the way up for >>>this one: >>>> >>>> "DFSMSdfp(tm) is planned to allow a zFS data set to be recataloged >>>with an >>>> indirect volume serial or system symbol. This is designed to allow the >>>zFS >>>> file systems used for z/OS system software files (called version root >>>file >>>> systems) to be cataloged using an indirect volume serial or a system >>>symbol >>>> the same way as non-VSAM data sets to make cloning and migration >>>easier. " >>> >>>I hope the MOUNT command was also enhanced to include a VOLUME (VOLSER) >>>keyword. >> >> >> That might imply support for uncatalogged zFS (or HFS) files, which I >> doubt >> there is since it would be uncatalogged VSAM in the case of zFS (which is >> not accessible). Since it will be cataloged, there should be no need to >> use VOLUME(volser). >> > >Without support for VOLSER on the MOUNT command, I expect that indirectly >cataloging zFS files will be of little use. We'll still have to use the >VOLSER in the zFS cluster name in order to be able to MOUNT it. > Good point, but if they are all named uniquely, why would you need indirect cataloging at all? (isn't that how everyone does it today)? How would the new support enhance what you have today? I wonder if they will give more details at SHARE. Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO mailto:[email protected] z/OS Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
