This is how I have mine defined. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Jesse 1 Robinson > Sent: Friday, March 17, 2017 9:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Can SMPPTS datasets be consolidated? > > Today's posts moved me to actually look at my GLOBAL DDDEFs. My > SMPPTS% entries are defined discreetly, not as a concatenation of libraries. > So I have > > SMPPTS > SMPPTS1 > SMPPTS2 > > pointing to individual libraries. I believe this is what causes SMP/E to > examine > a succession of SMPPTS% DDDEFs until a sysmod is found or the next n+1 > entry does not exist. There is no place to specify something like 'highest PTS > DDDEF defined'. All this is to say that there is no actual SMPPTS > concatenation, rather a set of libraries that will be searched in order until > 'the > next one' is not found. That's why you can freely reallocate the set of PTS > libraries and move sysmods around without disrupting SMP/E. Also why you > cannot skip any SMPPTS% in the series, which would terminate the search. > > Could SMPPTS be defined as an actual concatenation of libraries? That's > conceivable within the framework of SMP/E, but I don't know if it would > work in practice. A perfect task to assign to your favorite sysprog intern. Ha > ha. > > . > . > J.O.Skip Robinson > Southern California Edison Company > Electric Dragon Team Paddler > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager > 323-715-0595 Mobile > 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Friday, March 17, 2017 8:46 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: (External):Re: Can SMPPTS datasets be consolidated? > > On 2017-03-17, at 08:06, Pommier, Rex wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kurt Quackenbush > > Sent: Friday, March 17, 2017 8:51 AM > > > > Yes, ever since we added the SMPPTS spill data set function (year 2000) > SMP/E has allowed you to merge data sets, move PTFs from data set to data > set, add data sets, whatever you want to do, as long as the SMPPTSnn DDDEF > entries in your global, target, and dlib zones point to your current set of > SMPPTS data sets. > > > Alternatively, might the programmer specify (override) SMPPTS in a JCL DD > statement as a concatenation of UNIX directories rather than in a DDDEF? > > (from Rex, who didn't properly quote Kurt's remarks:) > > And one other - albeit minor - caveat to the SMPPTS spill datasets is that > you can't skip one. IF you're consolidating them down and you have, for > example SMPPTS1,2,3 and 2 empties out, if you just remove SMPPTS2, > SMP/E won't use SMPPTS3 either. > > > Do you mean remove the DDDEF or delete the corresponding UNIX > directory? > > -- gil > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
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