Re: Early Release of JES2 SPOOL space for spin-off data sets

2005-11-27 Thread Ted MacNEIL
I am not entirely sure on this, but functionality for all JES2 SYSOUTs seems to have changed with our latest upgrade to z/OS 1.6 IIRC, it was around ESA 4.0. -teD Me? A skeptic? I trust you have proof! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: Early Release of JES2 SPOOL space for spin-off data sets

2005-11-27 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Hate to reply to myself, but I was wrong and it appears that the space is truly only freed when a SYSOUT is coded as FREE=CLOSE. Sorry, but even though it separates the output to another entry, the space is not freed when purging or printing the output of a non-FREE=CLOSE SYSOUT. NOT true. It

Re: Early Release of JES2 SPOOL space for spin-off data sets

2005-11-27 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 11/25/2005 at 03:10 PM, Bruno Sugliani [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: It cannot be freed because what you purge is a JOE ( Job Output Element ) Unfortunately JOE belongs to JQE ( Job Queue Element ) and the allocation (the number of trackgroups used by the JOE's) is written

Re: Early Release of JES2 SPOOL space for spin-off data sets

2005-11-27 Thread Barbara Nitz
We're talking real spin-off data sets here, right? The way I do it is with a started job (in other words: Give the STC a jobcard) and putting JESLOG=(SPIN,'00:00') in the job card. It looks a little strange via SDSF DA and ? and gives me a JESYSMSG and JESMSGLG per day. Comes in mighty handy for

Early Release of JES2 SPOOL space for spin-off data sets

2005-11-25 Thread Gilbert Saint-Flour
Hello: For years, JES2 wouldn't release spool space allocated to a given job until all of the job was purged - i.e. freeing SPOOL space seemed to be an all-or-nothing proposition. I learned today that JES2 frees up SPOOL space for spin-OFF SYSOUT data sets (FREE=CLOSE) as soon as they're

Re: Early Release of JES2 SPOOL space for spin-off data sets

2005-11-25 Thread Hank Medler
-For years, JES2 wouldn't release spool space allocated to a given job -until all of the job was purged - i.e. freeing SPOOL space seemed to be -an all-or-nothing proposition. I learned today that JES2 frees up -SPOOL space for spin-OFF SYSOUT data sets (FREE=CLOSE) as soon as -they're printed or

Re: Early Release of JES2 SPOOL space for spin-off data sets

2005-11-25 Thread Hank Medler
On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 13:46:16 -0600, Hank Medler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -For years, JES2 wouldn't release spool space allocated to a given job -until all of the job was purged - i.e. freeing SPOOL space seemed to be -an all-or-nothing proposition. I learned today that JES2 frees up -SPOOL space

Re: Early Release of JES2 SPOOL space for spin-off data sets

2005-11-25 Thread Hank Medler
On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:28:48 -0600, Hank Medler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 13:46:16 -0600, Hank Medler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -For years, JES2 wouldn't release spool space allocated to a given job -until all of the job was purged - i.e. freeing SPOOL space seemed to be -an

Re: Early Release of JES2 SPOOL space for spin-off data sets

2005-11-25 Thread Bruno Sugliani
On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:28:48 -0600, Hank Medler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hate to reply to myself, but I was wrong and it appears that the space is truly only freed when a SYSOUT is coded as FREE=CLOSE. Sorry, but even though it separates the output to another entry, the space is not freed when

Re: Early Release of JES2 SPOOL space for spin-off data sets

2005-11-25 Thread Keith E. Moe
On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:28:48 -0600, Hank Medler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 13:46:16 -0600, Hank Medler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -For years, JES2 wouldn't release spool space allocated to a given job -until all of the job was purged - i.e. freeing SPOOL space seemed to be -an