> -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] För > Robert A. Rosenberg > Skickat: den 26 oktober 2011 07:27 > Till: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Ämne: Re: GDG > > At 14:52 -0700 on 10/25/2011, Steve Thompson wrote about Re: GDG: > > >Do you actually mean version or generation? I ask this because now > >and then someone actually means version (rarely). And what you asked > >could be either. > > > >Version will be A.B.C.G0001V00 then A.B.C.G0001V01. > > > >Generation will be A.B.C.G0001V00 then A.B.C.G0002V00 > > > >This makes a big difference in what you will have to do!! > > Note that when you create and catalog A.B.C.G0001V01 it will replace > A.B.C.G0001V00 as A.B.C(n) - IOW: If after A.B.C.G0002V00 was created > A.B.C.G0001V00 would be A.B.C(-1). Creating A.B.C.G0001V01 at this > point would make IT A.B.C(-1) and A.B.C.G0001V00 would no longer be > cataloged (it would be handled just like a generation that rolled off > the GDG base. > > The purpose of creating a GxxxxVyy (where yy is NOT 00) is to replace > the V00 (or current) version. This might occur if you want move the > file from one media to another while leaving it in the GDG chain. >
By curiosity, how do You specify version in the JCL ? I mean in the same way we specify latest generation by aaa(0) and a new by aaa(+1) etc. Regards, Thomas Berg _________________________________________ Thomas Berg Specialist A M SWEDBANK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
