In a recent note, "Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)" said: > Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 17:40:41 -0300 > > >Is that necessarily so? I had believed that PDSE processing follows > >a sort of logical-unit-of-work isolation protocol such that no > >process will ever observe another processe's partially updated > >member. > > Only when you follow the rules. Sharing a PDSE with another sysplex > violates the rules. > That may be less risky than you suggest. We do share PDSEs across sysplexes, and regularly find integrity saved by IEC143I 213-70. So there appears to be a safety net for even violators of rules.
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