Thanks, Lizette. That was a point that I should have typed in my previous reply. Maybe I should refrain from answering posts as long as I am still taking the pain killers! <grin> But then I would be even more bored here at home! :-)
Bob -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 3:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: SMS PUZZLE And you can also have a list of IDs that can do anything in SMS that can thwart the intent of the ACS code. Lizette > >>... Your >>logic must honor (ie, allow) specific dataset placement when a volser is >>coded. It may be part of a compound test. > >Not necessarily. > >There are certainly times when ACS routines need to allow a data set to be >placed on a non-sms volume, but that usually shouldn't be triggered just by >the specification of a UNIT or VOLUME parameter. Remember that SMS was >intended to work without ordinary users having to change their JCL. As a >result, it is not uncommon for old JCL to still have UNIT and VOLUME >information in them. SMS assigns the data regardless. > >Many shops have a pseudo storage class, such as "NONSMS" that is used to >tell SMS that the data set is not to be managed. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
