John,

I wished I could help out. I have to write manuals for our products, writing 
isn't one of my finer points. I was thinking about creating a file to feed 
Visio to do doc work like what your referring to

Scott ford
www.identityforge.com

On Aug 24, 2012, at 8:41 AM, "McKown, John" <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> Thanks for that LISTPRT pointer. I used it to create data sets with that 
> data. That will make it easier to include in my documentation. Of course, 
> doing so will almost guarantee that the documentation will become obsolete. 
> We're not too good on keeping our documentation up to date.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]]
>> On Behalf Of retired mainframer
>> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 2:13 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: Documenting SMS environment & ACS routines.
>> 
>> ISMF options 3, 4, 5, and 6 have the LSTPRT command to document the
>> properties of every data class, management class, storage class, and
>> storage
>> group.
>> 
>> Option 7 can identify from where each of the ACS routines was compiled
>> so
>> you can find the source if it still exists.  It can also identify any
>> test
>> cases your storage admin used when he developed the system.
>> 
>> The D SMS system command can display the status of each storage group
>> and
>> the volumes in that group.
>> 
>> Unfortunately, none of this will give you the philosophy or rationale
>> of why
>> things are this way.  You will have to infer that based on your
>> understanding of your business environment and anything you know about
>> the
>> admin himself.
>> 
>> :>: -----Original Message-----
>> :>: From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-
>> [email protected]] On
>> :>: Behalf Of McKown, John
>> :>: Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 10:35 AM
>> :>: To: [email protected]
>> :>: Subject: Documenting SMS environment & ACS routines.
>> :>:
>> :>: We have a rather "fragile" SMS environment at present. It has
>> basically
>> :>: grown "ad hoc" over the course of almost 2 decades. I really need
>> to
>> :>: document it very well. Once documented, I would like to use that in
>> :>: order to reengineer the environment. Any pointers would be greatly
>> :>: appreciated.
>> 
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