In a recent note, "Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)" said: > Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 12:10:57 -0500 > > >(I don't talk about main device secheduling in JES3, which only > >handles devices, not DSN ENQs). > > MDS serializes data sets; unlike the Initiator, it takes volume serial > numbers into account. > Can it do this even for DISP=NEW? Does it commit to specific volumes even before Initiation?
> >My colleague claimes that he once was told by an ISV that in a JES2 > >environment two jobs can be serialized on a certain step by coding > >a DISP=OLD/MOD DD for a data set in the step to be seriallzed. > > I'm sure that he was told that. The ISV was wrong. > Perhaps the ISV was thinking of DYNALLOC with S99WTDSN. -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
