I found the original install JCL2 dataset and found the jobs EZTPJB8A/B which are defined as the options install jobs. I got what I needed from that. Thanks for the suggestions!
"Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024 at 4:18 PM, Schmitt, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > That's for reading the r11 options table. It doesn't exist in version 6.4. > > > For those who are interested... > > There are many versions of Easytrieve... the original (?) version, and ones > for Unix, Windows, CICS, etc. > > But they had inconsistent syntax and capabilities. > > Version r11 was an attempt to unify the versions, so the same syntax could be > used in all. But at a cost! It broke existing programs. > > So r11 can be run in two modes: New Function mode is the new stuff, > Compatibility Mode (aka legacy mode) runs the same as version 6.4. > > But r11 in compatibility mode still reads the r11 options table, else how > does it know it should be in compatibility mode and not use the option table > it just read? > > New Function mode is generally better, except that I/O performance is much > worse. For a dumb reason. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] On Behalf Of > Pommier, Rex > > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2024 3:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Broadcom/CA Easytrieve > > Here's another one - supposedly. We don't have EZTrieve... Looks like the > READFILE option might give you what you need. > > The following code is z/OS site option update JCL: > > //jobname JOB accounting.info > > //UPDATE EXEC PGM=ETOPLOAD > //STEPLIB DD DSN=EZT.loadlib,DISP=SHR > //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=A > //OUTPUT DD SYSOUT=A > //EZOPTBL DD DSN=your.EASYTRIEVE.EZOPTBL > ,DISP=SHR, > //SYSUT2 DD DISP=(,CATLG),DSN=EZT.option.output, > // SPACE=(TRK,(1,1),RLSE), > //SYSIN DD * > Site Option Update Cards > /* > // > > Submitting a Run of ETOPLOAD Using JCL > This section describes how to update the Easytrieve > options table on the mainframe using the ETOPLOAD program through batch JCL. > There are two utility functions available for use with the batch update > program, ETOPLOAD. These utility functions are not necessary for updating an > existing options table. To use these functions, the command would be > specified for the SYSIN instead of the Options Update cards. > > Create File > The Create File command rebuilds the site options with the default values > supplied with Easytrieve > . > follow these steps: > > CREATEFILE > > Read File > The Read File command reads the existing site options and writes the records > to an output file. This output file can be used later to rebuild your site > options after installing a new version of Easytrieve > or if your site options are destroyed. > follow these steps: > > READFILE > > READFILE must be the first record in the input file. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] On Behalf Of > Schmitt, Michael > > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2024 3:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Broadcom/CA Easytrieve > > Ooh, I know this one! > > If you're still using Easytrieve Plus 6.4 then you're using the old options > table. (This options table is also used in r11 in "compatibility mode"). > > To dump it, run this JCL: > > //JS010 EXEC PGM=EZTPX15 > //OPT DD DUMMY, > // RECFM=FB,LRECL=80 > //SYSPRINT DD * > > > If you're in r11 it gets a lot more complicated to view the options. You can > have a table (in a completely different format) that is full of options, > except one of those options tells it to ignore ALL THE OTHER OPTIONS and > instead use the old method. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] On Behalf Of > rpinion865 > > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2024 2:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Broadcom/CA Easytrieve > > I need to determine what are the Easytrieve options we have. This is a very > old version, 6.4, and the people and libraries used for the install are long > gone. Seems like I remember that you could run something to list the > installed options. > > "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." > > Bugs Bunny > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from > disclosure and may be legally privileged. 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