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From: "Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 3:32 PM
Subject: DSLIST DELETE VSAM Dialog
I have long been annoyed by the dialog that ISPF DSLIST presents me
for each VSAM data set present when I delete a bunch of data sets.
I have no idea what it wants to know; I just press ENTER each time
and sooner or later it finishes deleting the data set and moves on
to the next one.
Today, I deleted a bunch of data sets that HSM had migrated. I
noticed to my surprise and delight that it presented no dialog to
confirm or alter the deletion. I will now HMIGRATE each VSAM
data set before deleting a bunch. Silicon is cheaper than carbon.
Yet, I wonder: if that dialog is essential, or even important, for
deleting VSAM data sets, why is it not presented alike for migrated
and resident VSAM data sets? I don't think I'll start a PMR on it;
if IBM chose to fix it, I'd have shot myself in the foot.
Gil,
I submitted a requirement to put the '/' for turning off delete
confirmations for VSAM datasets and that was added to ISPF (not sure of the
release, maybe z/OS V1R8). The old panel did not give you that option for
VSAM, only for PS and PO datasets. The option should be there now if you're
current (surely STK is running z/OS V1R9?).
Regards,
Tom Conley
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