On Sep 28, 2007, at 6:14 AM, Lizette Koehler wrote:
Okay,
I want to be able to stop programmers from coding STORCLAS
DATACLAS and
MGMTCLAS in their JCL unless I tell them to. Even better would be
able to
rename it occasionally.
Is there a simple way that requires little administration to do this?
I know I could write an IKJEFT10 exit to parse the JCL. I know I
could
probably put something in a JES2 Exit. Then I would the be only
one able to
support it. Not a lot of assembler programmers in my group.
So is there another way that could be better? Perhaps a vendor
product like
DTS Software SRS? Or something else?
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Liz,
I agree with others who say to do it in the ACS routines.
I once coded an smf exit to not allow STEPCAT. I came up with a
"password" that changed daily to get around it. The password was in
73-80. After all that effort to come up with it years later I thought
it was a waste of my time. Although I wish that IBM would have come
up with an easier way to do this rather than write an SMF Exit. I
don't think writing that type of code is sysprog effective. Yes it
was a learning exercise but in the end not really productive.
The ACS routines are reasonably dynamic and NOIPL to implement
things. Almost painless.
Ed
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