I have another dumb question. How is it that PSF can tolerate having its PDS data sets moved while it is running?
-- Tom Marchant On Wed, 23 Oct 2019 15:29:24 +0000, Jousma, David <[email protected]> wrote: >David, I guess I might have a dumb question, but if the datasets that PSF was >using were PDSE, then why is your re-org process trying to re-org a PDSE? >Seems like maybe the selection process of what gets re-org'd should be tweaked? > >_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ >Dave Jousma >AVP | Manager, Systems Engineering > >Fifth Third Bank | 1830 East Paris Ave, SE | MD RSCB2H | Grand Rapids, >MI 49546 >616.653.8429 | fax: 616.653.2717 > > > >-----Original Message----- >Fro : I M Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >David Purdy >Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 8:34 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: PDS to PDSE conversion issues > >**CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL** > >**DO NOT open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected >emails** > >This is within one sysplex. We're asking ourselves the same questions. >Dave, I will let you know the quite interesting details when the drill down is >complete. >David > >-----Original Message----- >From: Gibney, Dave <[email protected]> >To: IBM-MAIN <[email protected]> >Sent: Wed, Oct 23, 2019 12:01 AM >Subject: Re: PDS to PDSE conversion issues > > >Why would this change, between PDS and PDS/E? Unless this is yet another >encounter with the pitfall os trying to share PDE/E outside Sysplex. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On >> Behalf Of David Purdy >> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 2:20 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: PDS to PDSE conversion issues >> >> I recently converted several PSF libraries, resulting in a problem if >> a dasd reorg moved the dataset while PSF tasks are up. PSF does not >> issue an enqueue but has the dataset open. The volume reorg only >> checks for enqueue before moving the dataset. Short term, we configed >> the reorg to skip PSF datasets. Long term, looking at setting DSI and >> setting a dataset close flag in a PSF exit. Or just taking down >> printers before reorg in the wee morning hours. >> David >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Toby Seguin <[email protected]> >> To: IBM-MAIN <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tue, Oct 22, 2019 03:06 PM >> Subject: PDS to PDSE conversion issues >> >> >> We are currently thinking about converting many of our PDS libraries to PDSE. >> While researching the possible pitfalls to a PDSE one that concerned >> me the most is "Blocked Workload" that Thomas Reed discussed at SHARE in >> 2018. >> >> This situation is said to occur when CPU is near 100% (pretty common >> event from time to time here) so it certainly caught my attention. >> Does anyone have any experience with Blocked Workload? Anything else I >> should be looking closer at? >> >> Thanks and Regards, >> >> Toby Seguin >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 **CAUTION EXTERNAL >EMAIL** > >**DO NOT open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected >emails** > >This e-mail transmission contains inorrmation that is confidential and may be >privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you >receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in >any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, >distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please >reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was >misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your >assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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
