Ya know, I almost replied but read the whole post and realized it was a tongue in cheek statement.
;-D an ________________________________ On: 06 January 2018 12:43, "Beverly Caldwell" <[email protected]> wrote: OK OK OK Take a joke can you? Or is that not allowed on this board? I was being somewhat facetious. I was referring to IBM's tendency to surround everything they do with some sort of mystical complexity. On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 8:47 PM, Ron hawkins <[email protected]> wrote: > Kirk, > > Auribus teneo lupum. > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
