On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:36:51 -0500, Tim Hare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> Obviously you meant to write "marked *not* scratch" above. >> > >Yes I did, thanks for the correction > > >> >> Write procedures so you don't forget. Put a note in the TAPEREQ member >to remind you to check TMONSMxx when you make changes. > >Good suggestions > >> >> I've never run into this but I haven't worked at a shop that used >> TMONSMxx in a long time. I just let TAPEREQ control what type >> of media (virtual, physical 3490, physical 9840 etc.). > >So, you don't define any scratch pools in CA-1, or you just don't assign >them in CA-1? > No pools. I haven't been at a shop that needed them in a long time. There are "natural" pools by media type and HSC knows which ones to pick (after examining TAPEREQ) and what device type to use by virtue of SCRPOOL / VOLATTR / UNITATTR HSC parmlib members / statements. Regards, Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - GITO mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] z/OS and OS390 expert at http://searchDataCenter.com/ateExperts/ 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

