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Re: Bad NVR for PDSE

You either have 2 NVR entries for this data set in the VVDS, or this data set is cataloged in 2 different catalogs. List the VVDS to see what catalog the NVR points to and whether there are 2 NVR's. Then run a LISTCAT ENT(dsn) CATALOG(catname) ALL using the catname from the NVR to see if the

Re: VSAM Extent Reduction - Any way to disable for selected jobs

There is not a way to turn this off. This should not be an issue when moving data sets. I am not sure I understand what type of problem you are encountering. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clark, Kevin Sent: Tuesday, April

Re: Is anyone out there using HSM and the CDS are managed via RLS?

We have been using RLS for our HSM CDS's for over 8 years. It is very beneficial for a sysplex when there are more than 3 systems in the sysplex. With less than 3, there are not as many benefits. There are 2 main benefits 1) Things like Autobackup, Primary Space Management, EXPIREBV, RECYCLE,

Re: DTS Software ACC, Beta Systems Beta-55 ?

We use ACC, and it has been a great product for us. We have been able to solve some very interesting problems with this product. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Mann Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 10:41 AM To:

Re: Start of a PDSE rant was Re: OA03767 PDS/E Restriction

I agree with Sam. PDSE data sets had some major problems during the first 10 years after they were introduced, but IBM has made some major improvements over the past 3 or 4 years. We have over 32,900 PDSE data sets in our main production sysplex, and we are heavy users of this technology. In

Re: Start of a PDSE rant was Re: OA03767 PDS/E Restriction

Can you provide some details about your problem? Was it a known problem or a new problem? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 8:49 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Start of a PDSE

Re: VLF vs ISC for catalogs

ISC limits the amount of cache used for each catalog, and ISC is a dumb cache when compared to VLF. When a catalog using ISC is shared with multiple systems and the Catalog Address Space (CAS) detects an update from another system, CAS will invalidate all the records in ISC. When a catalog using

Re: HSM's Autobackup performance

Some suggestions: SETSYS DUMPIO(4,4) -- Read a cylinder at a time when backing up or migrating data sets PATCH .MCVT.+391 X'05' VERIFY(.MCVT.+391 X'00') -- INCREASE THE NUMBER OF I/O BUFFERS USED FOR A DATA SET TO 5 WHEN IT IS BACKED UP, MIGRATED, RECALLED, OR RECOVERED (DEFAULT IS 1) PATCH

Re: How does DFSMS ACS TEST function Work

Perhaps you did not enter something in your test case that your ACS routines are checking for (DSORG or SPACE for example). -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 1:25 PM To:

Re: DFSMSHSM migration spanning volumes

Try the following commands. HSEND LIST TTOC SELECT(CONNECTED) TERMINAL or HSEND LIST TTOC SELECT(CONNECTED) ODS(dsn) HSEND LIST TTOC SELECT(EXCESSIVEVOLUMES) ODS(dsn) http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/DGT2S440/24.4 .16?SHELF=EZ2ZO10GDT=2005071036 -Original

Re: KSDS immedial write

Not-deferred is the default when writing to a VSAM KSDS, so if you are getting deferred writes it is because something is overriding the default. Did you specify MACRF=DFR on your ACB? Did System Managed Buffering (SMB) get invoked? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: HSM : CHANGING TO VSAM EXTENDED

Since z/OS 1.5, VSAM RLS is not required in order to make the HSM MCDS, BCDS, and OCDS an Extended Addressability data set, but as another poster pointed out RLS provides some very nice performance benefits in a multi-system sysplex. You should re-consider your policy to reorganize your HSM CDS's

Re: BAD VVRS?

All of the product that help maintain catalogs have the ability to delete a specific VVR. The main ones are T-REX from Dino-Software, Catalog Recovery Plus from Mainstar, and Catalog Solutions from EMC. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: FIXCDS to delete records from mcds

Judy, Your MCDS is your catalog for all of your migrated data sets. You should not use FIXCDS to delete records because that will cause your MCDS to get out of synchronization with your ICF catalogs. If you want to delete migrated data sets, use the IDCAMS DELETE command, the ISMF DELETE

Re: CONVERTV

You will find this to be necessary reading. http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/DGT2U241/11.0 ?SHELF=EZ2ZO10GDT=20060126014004 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lester, Bob Sent: Thursday, January 25,

Re: Deleting HSM Backups questions

For SMS managed data sets, EXPIREBV uses what is specified in the MGMTCLAS to determine when to delete old backup versions. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Burch Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:58 AM To:

Re: DFHSM Secondary Space Management

There are lots of reasons primary space management is not finishing. This may be one of them. What version of DFSMShsm are you running? How many tasks are you using the Primary Space Management? Do most of your MGMTCLAS definitions specify to go to ML1 or directly to ML2 or both? What type of

Re: HSM msg ARC0962A

Put all of the volumes in the connected set in the same VTS. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chiam, Susan Mee-Shia Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 2:30 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: HSM msg ARC0962A Hi listers, I

Re: Trying to catch output from HSEND command

We have several REXX execs that issue HSM commands and then interrogate the output. We do this using our automation product, OPS/MVS. The following is an example of the command used to issue a QUERY ACTIVE WAITING command. OPSCMD COMMAND('F hsmid,QUERY ACTIVE cdsparm WAITING'),

Re: HFS file question related to SMS management

Beginning with z/OS 1.5, DSS supports copying HFS data sets (you had to dump and then restore them before that). You will need to unmount them in order to copy them. In order to change a data set from being SMS managed to a non-SMS managed data set with DSS, you will need to specify

Re: MB to Cyl Conversion

-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jan MOEYERSONS Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 4:12 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: MB to Cyl Conversion Is there a formula for this ? Also Gb to cyl. Thanks Here is a little REXX

Re: IBMLink Internet access out to lunch again?

IBMLink via green-screen has been working all week. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

Re: Wrong device type in HSM's BCDS P record

You can use the FIXCDS command to correct these records. You will need to reference the z/OS V1R6.0 DFSMShsm Diagnosis Guide and Reference manual to get the record layout for the MCP record. IBM dropped lots of information from the z/OS 1.7 manuals, including the MCP record. -Original

Re: DFHSM PROBLEM - RECALL

Did HSM abend or get cancelled while using the SDSP the ML1 data set is in and/or the tape the ML2 data set is on? If so, the in-use bit may be on for these resources. To check the system identifier for the tape TTOC record -- FIXCDS T L2-123456- DISPLAY(X'00') LENGTH(4) To turn off the

Re: ARC0103I when adding STK VSM to virtual tape esoteric.

Check out the text in APAR's OA11362, OA13098, and OA11603. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Benik Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 3:24 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: ARC0103I when adding STK VSM to virtual tape

Re: DFHSM - PRIMARY SPACE MANAGEMENT

Yes, primary space management would restart when HSM comes back up and run until 09:00. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of esmie moo Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 8:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: DFHSM - PRIMARY SPACE

Re: Enhanced Catalog Sharing (ECS) Questions?

Jim, 1. Yes 2. All 3. N/A 4. N/A 5. I do not know why SAP would have a problem? The sharing protocol is completely transparent to the application. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Petersen, Jim Sent: Friday, October 27,

Re: Large Format Sequential Data Sets (OA17875 may cause LARGE when not requested)

Thanks, Paul -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Dineen Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 11:26 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Large Format Sequential Data Sets (OA17875 may cause LARGE when not requested) Michael,

Re: SMS Question

Are these LPAR's in 2 different SMS-plexes, and if so, are they sharing DASD? That is a no-no. DSS dump the data sets to tape in one LPAR and restore them in the other LPAR. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lester, Bob Sent:

Re: Default System BLKSIZE for PDSE

With PDSE and SMS compressed data sets, there is the concept of a logical blocksize and a physical blocksize. In both cases, the physical blocksize is 4096. That is the blocking factor used to store the data on disk. The logical blocksize, either specified by the user or selected by System

Re: Large Block Interface

I believe APAR OA13742 will resolve your problem. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean Pernet Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 2:11 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Large Block Interface Situation: zOS 1.4, DFDSS 1.3

Re: Implementing a Tape Library with HSM

What is the value you are specifying in your ARCCMDxx parmlib member for SETSYS UNIT()? If you are using an esoteric, is that esoteric specified in the SETSYS USERUNITTABLE command? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doyle

Re: IBM VTS question.

We had the same situation, and yes, you have to issue 10,000 eject commands. I wrote a REXX program to create the commands, too. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 8:31 AM To:

Re: CATALOG ERROR - Defining VVDS

Initialize the volume, vary it online, define the VVDS, and then add it to the SMS configuration. If it has not been added to an SMS storage group, SMS will not try to allocate a data set on it. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: SMS Problem

If the data set was SMS managed when it was backed up, you need to specify NULLSTORCLAS and NULLMGMTCLAS. Otherwise, DSS will pass the original STORCLAS and MGMTCLAS to Allocation since you are bypassing the ACS routines (which may assign a different STORCLAS and MGMTCLAS, or none at all, if not

Re: how to use TAPEBLKSZLIM

We set TAPEBLKSZLIM=32760 in SYS1.PARMLIB(DEVSUPP00) as the default and either use a DATACLAS definition or JCL to override it. Not everything we have is large block enabled, and we do not want to risk jobs abending just because we changed the default to 256K.

Re: Define and build alternative index path error under SMS-managed volume

The ZDVT.MGDC001.IDCUT1 data set is being allocated with a DISP=OLD, but it does not look like it exists. By the way, I have not used internal IDCAMS sort in years. You will get better performance removing the IDCAUT1 and IDCUT2 DD statements and using your installed SORT product instead of

Re: VSAM data set monitor

There are lots of ways to determine how full a VSAM data set it, and many ways to monitor it. Products that can tell you how full a data set is include IDCAMS LISTCAT, IDCAMS DCOLLECT, Catalog Solutions from EMC, Catalog Recovery Plus from Mainstar, T-REX AMS/E from Dino Software, Vantage from

Re: PDA on DFHSM

Yes. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe jeffries Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 10:32 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: PDA on DFHSM Hi folks, Just double checking. If PDA=none is set in the hsm parmlib, you can use a

Re: IDCAMS VERIFY for VSAM datasets

VSAM OPEN will run an implicit VERIFY if it detects the data set was not closed properly the last time it was open for update. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim McAlpine Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 8:29 AM To:

Re: HSM LIST TTOC for backup volumes

HSM RECYCLE has to update the BCDS with the new volser for every data set moved to the new tape. If you have lots of small data sets on these tapes, that update activity will slow things down. If you are running other processes like Auto Backup or EXPIREBV at the same time, you may be

Re: HSM PDA Datasets

See section 1.5.1.2.1 of the same manual. The HSM proc must point to these data sets. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe jeffries Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 8:45 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: HSM PDA Datasets We

Re: Anyone Using IBM 3592, Sun/STK 9940, or Sun/STK T10000 Cartridges for HSM ML2?

van der Eynden Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 11:20 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Anyone Using IBM 3592, Sun/STK 9940, or Sun/STK T1 Cartridges for HSM ML2? On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:01:03 -0600, Friske, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is anyone using IBM 3592, Sun/STK 9940, or Sun

Anyone Using IBM 3592, Sun/STK 9940, or Sun/STK T10000 Cartridges for HSM ML2?

Is anyone using IBM 3592, Sun/STK 9940, or Sun/STK T1 cartridges for HSM ML2? If so, have you had any issues (slow recall times, recall tape takeaway, recycle, audit, duplexing, or other)? If you can answer yes to the first question, please take a moment to reply. Otherwise, disregard this