Caveat: I'm a daily digester so list responses are always delayed... (plus someone's probably beat me to it. *grin*)
Few more items to scratch of the possibilities list: 1) Verify you are *not* using 'ACTIVE' as the CDS name in the ISMF panels. You *cannot* alter the 'ACTIVE' CDS. You must use the 'real' name ie. from the ListCat, then activate that CDS to make it 'ACTIVE'. 2) use the Volume panel (=ISMF.2.1) [1] to verify the error message. You can define volSer's to SMS that do not physically exist (yet). [2] Using '*' for SG name will search them all. Re-do the search with both 'ACTIVE' and 'real' SCDS name. To use the Volume list in Storage Groups (=ISMF.6), you must search *each* SG by name. (or list them all with sub-option 1 and ListVol against each of them; arduous) 3) I also couldn't find DGTSG079 in the Knowledge Centre. [3] Did you re-type the error? Most (*all*?) IBM messages have a trailing 'level' indicator such as 'I' for informational. 4) Did you "Check the Volume Failures Panel to review the volsers you specified." as recommended & what was the result? [1] DGTDVVA1 VOLUME SELECTION ENTRY PANEL Specify Source of the New List . . 2 (SMS) Type of Volume List . . . 3 Volume Serial Number . . BOB* Acquire Physical Data . . Y Acquire Space Data . . . Y Storage Group Name . . . * CDS Name . . . . . . . 'ACTIVE' [2] *all* my pools have 50+ spare volSer's defined so I don't have to activate a new SMS configuration just to ICKDSF a new pack to the pool. You can also remove a pack without removing the volSer from the SG. Over the course of months, I'm always adding/removing volumes using ICKSDF in response to application use. [3] http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1/en/homepage.html --------> signature = 8 lines follows <-------- Neil Duffee, Joe Sysprog, uOttawa, Ottawa, Ont, Canada telephone:1 613 562 5800 x4585 fax:1 613 562 5161 mailto:NDuffee of uOttawa.ca http:/ /aix1.uOttawa.ca/ ~nduffee “How *do* you plan for something like that?” Guardian Bob, Reboot “For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.” “Systems Programming: Guilty, until proven innocent” John Norgauer 2004 "Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted." John McKown 2015 -----Original Message----- From: Brent Snyder [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: March 1, 2016 10:02 Subject: Re: IBM-MAIN Digest - 28 Feb 2016 to 29 Feb 2016 (#2016-60) Dave, Lizette and Linda - The SCDS is defined with REUSE option. Also: SHROPTNS(3,3) RECOVERY UNIQUE NOERASE NOWRITECHK NONORDERED RESUSE NONSPANNED LISTC ENT(scds) ALL shows ALLOCATION SPACE-TYPE------CYLINDER HI-A-RBA--------66355200 SPACE-PRI-------------90 HI-U-RBA--------31571968 SPACE-SEC--------------0 Just tried to add a new volser (DASD), did not receive any IGD messages in the SYSLOG. HELP-----------------------------ISMF MESSAGE------------------------------HELP COMMAND ===> MESSAGE NUMBER: DGTSG079 (could not find explanation of this error message) SHORT MESSAGE: NO VOLUMES DEFINED LONG MESSAGE: None of the specified volumes were DEFINED EXPLANATION: The requested function DEFINE was not successfully completed for any of the volumes specified. In general, if DEFINE fails it means the volumes have already been defined in the specified CDS. It could also be that the SCDS is full. SUGGESTED ACTION: Check the Volume Failures Panel to review the volsers you specified. If you believe the operation should have been successful, retry it. If the problem still occurs, please contact your systems programmer for assistance. I checked the VOLUME option, the volser is not defined to any storage groups. I've been on this account since November, this is the first time I have needed to add volumes to any of the storage groups. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
