On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:59:02 +0100, R.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Mark Zelden wrote: >[...] >> On another preview note: I (still) don't see anything about the removal of >> support for opening VSAM data sets with IMBED or REPLICATE. The only >> mention is how VSAM data sets with IMBED (and KEYRANGE) relate >> to Extended Address Volumes (EAVs). I really wish IBM would at least >> commit to a date / release already so I can get the "dasd geeks" to >> really take some action on this issue. > >It seems to me this is a proof that KEYRANGE and IMBED are still >supported. No such proof for REPLICATE ...but who cares ? It's >obsloteted for years (I mean REPLICATE and IMBED as well). >
Yes, they are still supported until they aren't. But, since I don't see any change in the SOD I have to assume that removal of that support is still planned: http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/zos_sods.html I wonder if the delay is related to this other SOD: "In a future release of z/OS, when DFSMShsm or DFSMSdss recalls or restores a VSAM data set with either IMBED or REPLICATE attribute or both, the attributes will be removed." This is a "must have" in order to remove the "OPEN" support. Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] z/OS Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
