Rob > Does anyone know if the FFSTCKPT, FFSTLOGx & AND FFSTDUMP data sets must be > unique?
I always find this form of posing a question very curious! The answer is always "Yes" if the product referenced is at the very least still being maintained.[1] I'm sure what you really and simply mean is as follows: "Must the FFSTCKPT, FFSTLOGx & AND FFSTDUMP data sets be unique?" Or, more elaborately, as follows: "Would someone be so kind as to tell me whether or not the FFSTCKPT, FFSTLOGx & AND FFSTDUMP data sets must be unique?" Anyhow the answer for at least the FFSTDUMP data set, as hinted in the sole manual covering MVS and VM FFST, is "Yes". <quote> xxxxx is a sequence number which makes the dump data set name unique </quote> http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/EPW1A103/1.2.1 Perhaps you just need to check the references to FFSTCKPT and FFSTLOGx in this sole manual to answer your question regarding the these other data sets. - [1] If you search the archives for the thread "What is the point of FFST?" from April, 2011, you will find that whether or not FFST is still being maintained was under discussion. Mr Zelden even simply considers FFST worthless - as one can assume does the "Wizard of Lodz". - Chris Mason On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:55:39 -0400, Rob Schramm <[email protected]> wrote: >Does anyone know if the FFSTCKPT, FFSTLOGx & AND FFSTDUMP data sets must be >unique? I always thought they must be setup by system... but I can't find >anything to confirm or deny whether they are unique or shared. > >Rob Schramm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
