Re: SMS for tape

2019-07-18 Thread John McKown
On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 3:28 PM Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: > Thanks, this is encouraging. (We're still trying to figure out a > non-disruptive non-chaotic way to test with SMS on for tape.) If we run > this step for DASD > > // EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 > //SMSDSN DD DISP=(NEW,KEEP),DSN

Re: SMS for tape

2019-07-17 Thread Russell Witt
Skip, No problem, SMS-managed tape still does NOT have the same catalog requirement that SMS-managed DASD has. So, having multiple un-cataloged tape data sets with the same name is perfectly fine. No changes needed. Russell WittCA 1 Architect -Original Message- From: Jesse 1 Robinson

Re: SMS for tape

2019-07-17 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
Thanks, this is encouraging. (We're still trying to figure out a non-disruptive non-chaotic way to test with SMS on for tape.) If we run this step for DASD // EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 //SMSDSN DD DISP=(NEW,KEEP),DSN=any.SMS.name,UNIT=SYSALLDA,... the data set gets cataloged even though not requested

Re: SMS for tape

2019-07-17 Thread Erika Dawson
With system-managed (SMStape), we SMS-manage the tape libraries and tape volumes and we do not manage the datasets on the tape volume (we leave this up to the tape management system and the application that owns the data). And though we use an ICF catalog for our meta data (tape volume

Re: SMS for tape

2019-07-17 Thread Vernooij, Kees (ITOP NM) - KLM
be. What is the reason that you must go to SMS managed tape? Kees. > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Jesse 1 Robinson > Sent: 16 July, 2019 18:28 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Sub

SMS for tape

2019-07-16 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
For the first time ever, we are considering turning on SMS for tape. We've had decades of business practice where SMS and tape never intersect. My main concern is this: without SMS, a tape data set can be created and used without involving any ICF catalog. One 'benefit' of this practice

Re: Breaking unit AFF in SMS for Tape

2013-07-02 Thread Mike Wood
Did you see this? http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/iea2b560/4.4.3.3?ACTION=MATCHESREQUEST=AFFTYPE=EXACTWSHELF=EZ2ZBK0KDT=20100701093058CASE=searchTopic=TOPICsearchText=TEXTsearchIndex=INDEXrank=ScrollTOP=FIRSTHIT#FIRSTHIT

Re: Breaking unit AFF in SMS for Tape

2013-07-02 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 2 Jul 2013 09:15:02 -0500, Mike Wood mww...@ntlworld.com wrote: Did you see this? http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/iea2b560/4.4.3.3 Does any of this apply to dynamically allocated data sets? And if not, why not? -- gil

Breaking unit AFF in SMS for Tape

2013-06-27 Thread Greg
How to break unit aff in SMS tape when tape dataset are directed to different SMS tape storage group? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message