On Sun, 2006-12-24 at 07:52 -0800, Edward Jaffe wrote: > In a related issue, early SYSVTOC release during volume dump processing > seems to be popular among some contributors to this list. I *assume* > that's a minority position since the default behavior is to hold SYSVTOC > for the duration of the dump. Personally, I don't like the idea of early > VTOC ENQ release. You could very easily end up with a VTOC that doesn't > properly reflect what's on the volume! Data sets and/or additional > extents can be added or removed between the time the VTOC is dumped and > the remainder of the volume is dumped.
This is (primarily) what I was referring to in my earlier post. Bigger volumes exacerbate this exposure. Can be accommodated but takes some planning. > Mumble .. grumble .. mutter ... I'm starting to sound like Shane ... > grumble ... mutter ... ;-) And a merry Christmas to you too ... Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
