On Tue, 2008-08-12 at 15:49 -0400, Ralph Kaden wrote: > >From Info APAR II08285: > NOTE: Starting in z/OS 1.6 (HBB7709) non-SMS GDGs do NOT require > a model DSCB. If DCB=dsname is not provided, Allocation will > look for a model DSCB with the GDG base name. If not found, > Allocation will NOT fail the job, but will assume that the DCB > information will be provided from other sources at OPEN time.
Ralph, thanks for pointing this out. We've been maintaining a converter exit for about a million years that provides a dummy model DSCB name for new GDS allocations. Something else I can get rid of now. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

