Hello Howi, As well as a variety of products already mentioned, Compuware's Strobe tells you your VSAM dataset usage - among a large quantity of related information.
Limiting your use of Strobe to ONLY finding out what percentage of your VSAM DS is used would possibly be the IT equivalent of Donald Duck using a double-barrelled shotgun to kill a mosquito - it does the work, of course. I remember that there was a webpage ages ago, called Mark's MVS Utilities - the gentleman was an MVS sysprog called Mark Zelden and I think there may have been something like a VSAM usage script... it was all freeware, too. I tried to find the link for you - http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutilr.html as it happens - but it does not seem to load anything (also, I am not sure what version of MVS may be the last that the utilities supported). HTH. ciao! Aurora Emanuela Dell'Anno Compuware Ltd. Systems Engineer, Mainframe pre-Sales ________________________________________________________________________ ___________________ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel. : +44 (0)1753 444331 cell.: +44 (0)7779 881331 ________________________________________________________________________ ___________________ No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However - a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -----Original Message----- From: Friske, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 August 2006 20:49 Subject: Re: VSAM data set monitor There are lots of ways to determine how full a VSAM data set it, and many ways to monitor it. Products that can tell you how full a data set is include IDCAMS LISTCAT, IDCAMS DCOLLECT, Catalog Solutions from EMC, Catalog Recovery Plus from Mainstar, T-REX AMS/E from Dino Software, Vantage from Computer Associates, and probably a few more. The Vantage product can automate the actions you want to perform if a data set gets too full (send out an email, send an alert to the console, reorganize it, or other). You can also write a programs (using REXX, SAS, or your favorite programming language) to take some action when data sets get too full. The Allocation Control Center (ACC) product from DTS Software can actually trap the condition when a data set extends causing it to go over some pre-determined limit and produce a message or email. There are lots of ways to tackle this. It all depends on what your requirements are (check once a day, monitor in real time, or other). -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kok, Howi Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 10:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: VSAM data set monitor Hi All, Is there a utility that I can use to monitor some VSAM data sets to tell me how full they are? Thanks, Howi Kok ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.clearswift.com ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 The contents of this e-mail are intended for the named addressee only. It contains information that may be confidential. Unless you are the named addressee or an authorized designee, you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you received it in error please notify us immediately and then destroy it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
