Add SPACE and VOLUME parameters, and change OLD to MOD. That way if it does exist, it will be deleted, and if it does not, it will be created and deleted in the same step.
Use it all of the time. You can also use UNIT=SYSDA (or some such) instead of VOLUME. Lloyd ----- Original Message ---- From: "Donnelly, John P" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, November 3, 2011 3:37:51 PM Subject: DATA SET RESERVATION UNSUCCESSFUL We have a job that executes PGM=IEFBR14 with 40 DD cards specifying DISP=(OLD,DELETE,DELETE). >From time to time we will get a JCL error because dataset reservation failed. Any other way we might accomplish the same event? John Donnelly Texas Instruments SVA 2900 Semiconductor Drive Santa Clara, CA 95051 408-721-5640 408-470-8364 Cell [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
