Tom, If I understand you correctly, I am in agreement with you about avoiding coding routines for explicit volume allocations. It *was* generally for transitional purposes only that I used them. After that, the default was to SMS-manage everything. Exceptions were otherwise coded and excluded. My DR volumes belonged to that latter group and were intentionally *not* SMS managed.
Bob Richards -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: How can the ACS routine to bypass checking the storage volume datasets? On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 14:07:52 -0400, Richards.Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Snip! > Personally, I would avoid coding ACS routines based upon the specified volume, except for transitional purposes. IMHO, you want to get away from specifying VOL=SER for all SMS-managed data sets. There might be good reasons fpr exceptions to this, but to create a "storage" pool and assign data sets to it because they are not temporary and nave no volume specified might not be what you want. For example, I can see how someone might want the ACS routines to recognize VOL=SER=DRVOL and assign one of the storage groups that will contain the first volumes to restore in a D/R situation. LEGAL DISCLAIMER The information transmitted is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this email in error please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Seeing Beyond Money is a service mark of SunTrust Banks, Inc. [ST:XCL] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
