On Fri, 24 Jun 2016 08:55:20 -0500, Walt Farrell wrote: >On Fri, 24 Jun 2016 07:09:19 +0000, Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh wrote: >> >>I'm looking to retrieve a list of datasets falling under a wildcard and then >>creating an OLD enqueue on those datasets. > >That sounds like a good way to get a list of the data sets, but I'm a bit >concerned about your plans to allocate them. > >First, your TSO allocate commands will fail if anyone else has the data set >allocated already. That may cause unexpected issues for you later. > >Second, it's not clear what the rest of the job will be doing with those data >sets. Depending on what it's doing, and whether the processing is in the same >jobstep as your allocations, various error scenarios may occur. So I think you >should describe your job layout and the processing it's going to do in greater >detail. > Ignoring the question of intent, the list might be used to create JCL for a batch job with a final step, PGM=IEFBR14,COND=(0,LE), with DD DISP=OLD for each data set in the list. All earlier steps will be under ENQ EXC for those DSNs but the allocations will never be performed.
JES3 setup might complicate matters. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
