Okay, I'll admit to that tiny shortcoming with my idea... :-) Knowing the names of the loadlibs was assumed to be known; which is not really likely in the scenario suggested. If they were known, the order could be discerned from SMF. As long as the module name still existed, the IDR record of the module would provide the link date. If the date-time stamp was before the date-time the "module name intercept" was recorded, then we could possibly assume (yes, I know... ass, u, me...) the information was accurate.
That's quite a lot of assumptions. Also, I was only commenting on what Barry Merrill said in a prior email. He remarked that only the name of the first PDS in a concatenation order would be recorded in the SMF records. Then he remarked even IF all the PDS(E) names were recorded, how would we be able to find out from which PDS the load module originated. Gary Green I can use all the help I can get with my fight against cancer! Please support my efforts! Thank you. http://www.active.com/donate/tntsonj/tntsonjGGreen -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of (IBM Mainframe Discussion List) Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 5:45 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Monitor use of Load-Library as JOBLIB/STEPLIB In a message dated 6/3/2008 2:29:23 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >If one knew the names of the PDS' in question, I "assume" one could >discern the concatenation order. With that knowledge and the name of the program that was loaded, it should be, somewhat, simple to firgure out which PDS made the contribution. Some simple coding should do the trick... Would it not? Not if the simple coding runs after the record has been written and the contents of the PDSes have had time to change. And how would one know the names of the PDSes in question? Read a PROCLIB looking for the PROC? Read some other kind of library looking for the JCL? And what if those libraries have changed? The most accurate way is to gather the information from the appropriate data source when building the record. Down stream = possibly down level. Bill Fairchild Franklin, TN "Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization." [G. M. Trevelyan; 1942; English Social History] **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4?&NCID=aolfod00030000000002) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.24.6/1481 - Release Date: 6/3/2008 7:31 PM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
