On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 21:46:02 -0400, Gerhard Adam wrote: >Isn't that the point of getting a file allocation report with every SMP run? > That's after the fact; the damage has been done. OK. Study the report after a *CHECK step. But I think it's better to get the DDDEFs right when creating the CSI and not worry about them in subsequent install and service jobs.
>On Aug 9, 2017, at 7:58 PM, Edward Gould wrote: > >>> On Aug 9, 2017, at 4:34 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > >>> If the DSNames are in DDDEFs (highly recommended) they can be listed >>> with SMP/E commands. At times, a question has been posed here, >>> "Can I, for a one-off, overide in JCL the DDDEFs in the CSIs?" Yes, but >>> don't do that! >> >> Gil, >> >> I have a preference to use JCL with dd’s in the step(proc) for maintenance. >> >> I have been burned by a fellow sysprog as he managed to put the maintenance >> in the wrong zone. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
