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Sharing SMS managed outside of SMS is on the cardinal sins of SMS. It is more than just aid to allocation, but also an enabler of function. If your LPAR doesn't read the NVR, then your open is dead in the water, right? Ron -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beverly Caldwell Sent: Friday, January 5, 2018 1:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] catalog doubt What is a catalog?. It's a list of files and where they can be found. What is SMS management? It's basically an aid to allocation. Simple right? NO We're IBM and nothing is allowed to be that simple. On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 11:13 AM, Kirk Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 1:08 PM, Beverly Caldwell > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > .. > > Now if you really like banging your head against a brick wall, try > dealing > > with datasets which are SMS managed on one LPAR but are not > > cataloged to the LPAR you are on. If you want to access those you > > really will have fun and you'll be wondering why on earth you got > > into this mainframe cr/\p in the first place. > > > > You are exactly right, Beverly! I had to deal with this recently and it > was a major PITA. Its like IBM never considered all of the real-world use > cases. > > Kirk Wolf > Dovetailed Technologies > http://dovetail.com > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
