Pretty sure I used to do exactly this for the same reason Mark does. However, now SMPPTS% is all PDSE, compression becomes a non-issue. The system knows not to try compressing SMPPTS%, so it does not need to be in the RETRY exclude list.
. . 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 Mark Zelden Sent: Friday, March 17, 2017 2:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: (External):Re: Can SMPPTS datasets be consolidated? On Fri, 17 Mar 2017 20:44:36 +0000, Jesse 1 Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >Back when multiple SMPPTS% became available, SMPE/E would try to >compress every PTS% that got x37. Every time. The only thing wrong >with that is the churn in I/O and CPU plus SYSPRINT lines trying >futilely on every RECEIVE to compress a full PDS. The SMP/E OPTIONS >entry allows for list of exceptions for RECOVERY, but I don't have any DDDEFs >listed there. I've always listed SMPPTS-SMPPTSn in "exclude from retry" for the global zone options so that doesn't happen. Actually I always put a bunch in when I start to customize a new OS (see below) just in case I ever use that many. There really is no point in compress because the only time there will be any benefit is after I do an accept or reject in purge mode that deletes SMPPTS members. After I do accept runs (usually just before a quarterly RSU - 3 quarters or 1 year behind apply level) I do the compress and SMP/E CLEANUP command. Kirt - if you are still listening: Why oh why has "CLEANUP COMPRESS(ALL)" never been enhanced to include the SMPPTS or made an additional option? ===== my exclude list ====================== Enter the DDNAMES that are excluded from RETRY processing. When the list is complete, enter END. To end this request and return to the prior panel, enter CANCEL. DDNAME '''' SMPPTS__ '''' SMPPTS1_ '''' SMPPTS2_ '''' SMPPTS3_ '''' SMPPTS4_ ===== my exclude list ====================== Regards, Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS ITIL v3 Foundation Certified mailto:[email protected] Mark's MVS Utilities: http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
