I have used TDMF many times in the past to move JES2 Spool and Ckpt volumes. For Spool and ckpt volumes try to move them one at a time as "special" volumes. It used to be a planning consideration in the docs but in recent releases it doesn't seem to be an issue. I try not to tempt Mr. Murphy when I can avoid it so I still only move one spool or ckpt volume at a time.
For CKPT volumes you need to verify your HOLD parameter on your MASDEF statement in the JES2 parameters. If the HOLD is not specified then it is the default of HOLD=999999999 which means JES2 will never release the CKPT volume and the TDMF swap will never complete. In the past you needed to change HOLD to something like HOLD=100 (one second) so that JES2 would release the CKPT every second or so and then TDMF swap could get in and complete. This may not be required any longer with the newer releases, you would need to verify it. Again Murphy lives... Regards, Reno Puntillo R.Puntillo & Associates Inc. 647-779-8519 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: March 14, 2018 1:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: TDMF and JES2 Spool volumes Any one used TDMF to move active/live/in-use JES2 Spool volumes? If yes, any considerations? Lizette Koehler statistics: A precise and logical method for stating a half-truth inaccurately ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
