Dave, SMS is necessary if you don't want to use anything that is new in allocation in the last 15 years (G, D, & R). Mounting all or some of your volumes as "STORAGE" and specifying UNIT=3390 or UNIT=SYSALLDA for non-specific allocation will get you up and running.
If you want to use SMS then you only need to define STORCLAS and STORGRUP and allocate them with the appropriate ACS routines. DATACLAS is optional, and MGMTCLAS can be allocated to a default that does nothing. A dataset must be assigned a STORCLAS to be SMS managed. Everything else comes after that. In most cases A STORCLAS called DEFAULT with everything defaulted will suffice. The STORGRUP contains the list of volumes that will be used for your non-specific allocation. Don't forget to INIT the volumes as SMS managed! Changes are done by editing an SCDS, and then promoting this to the ACDS. The red book tells all Coding the ACS routines to assign STORCLAS and STORGRUP is covered in the Redbook someone mentioned earlier. If you can write PL1, REXX, CLIST or SAS you will have no problem with ACS code. More detailed information is in the DFP of the DFSMSeverythingelse reference guide. Good luck Ron > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Dave Day > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 1:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [IBM-MAIN] Some help with SMS > > I need some SMS help. I've never had to mess with it before, and > don't have a clue. If there is a quick and dirty way to get what I > need done, I'd appreciate someone givimg me some help. > I've just migrated from a 1.6 Flex-es system to IBM's RDP system. > Running 1.9. SMS is active. I've got 8, 3390 volumes defined that I > want to use. Questions. How do I tell SMS to use those volumes for > non-specific dasd allocations? And, how do I tell SMS to leave some > other volumes alone? > Give me the steps I have to go through. I tried hitting the > manuals, but really don't know where to start. TIA. > > --Dave Day > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
