The biggest problem, IMO, is that most tracking is done by comparing "snapshots". If the OP needs to know exactly which user/job/program made which changes to a given data set (on a record or byte level), that is a very big can of worms. z/OS does not have a "change log" which tracks this type of information like DB2 can do to data bases.
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Lizette Koehler <[email protected]>wrote: > So you are probably looking at something like a CHANGEMAN or ENDEVOR > product. Those are for Source code changes, but I am guessing this is what > you are looking for in general. > > If the files are source, then look at CA PDSMAN. You can have PDSMAN > monitor PDS datasets for source code changes and keep a before and after > copy of the data. > > Otherwise, I am not aware of anything for SEQ, VSAM or other than PDS/PDSE > files; this may be a roll your own process. > > I have seen shops where DB2 functions would manually track changes, but > they > wrote that code themselves. > > Lizette > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of mf db > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 9:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Track PDS/PS Changes > > Thanks for responding. yes My intention is to track the Data Changes. > > > On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 9:50 PM, Lizette Koehler > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I think that is too general a question. > > > > Do you mean the external attributes? > > > > do you mean the data inside the file? > > > > Could you clarify? > > > > And when you say track? What specifically are you looking for. I > > know you said general, but there is not really a general answer > > without understanding what you are trying to report on. > > > > There are many solutions depending on what you want to do. Some from > > no-cost to expensive. > > > > Lizette > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of mf db > > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 9:14 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Track PDS/PS Changes > > > > Hello All, > > > > Is there a way to track the changes made on a PDS member or PS files. > > My question is just general and Want to know if there is any feature > > within Z/OS which can help me to track the changes. > > > > Peter > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- As of next week, passwords will be entered in Morse code. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
