RACF data base is not required to be PSU. PS with RECFM F is fine. RACF predates VSAM.
. . 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: Sunday, May 21, 2017 12:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: (External):Re: Sample JCL for file transfer using NJE/TCPIP On Sun, 21 May 2017 05:12:00 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: > >>RACF (I'm less sure) is VSAM. > >No, it is PSU (PS and Unmovable). Other attributes are mandated by IBM. > "Unmovable" would seem to imply uncopyable; the copy would have to go in a different place. But there must be some provision for backing it up, and little point in trying to move it to another system with such as FTP. Why not VSAM? Performance? Antiquity? It feels as if RACF has a built-in DB engine. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
