Re: System Symbols (SYSSYM)

2017-01-17 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On 2017-01-17, at 09:11, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: > As I pointed out in my earlier post, system symbols have long (always?) been > honored for STC and TSO proc JCL. The change in 2.1 is to extend this support > to batch JCL on a job class by class basis. If someone wants a preview of > what to

Re: System Symbols (SYSSYM)

2017-01-17 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter Hunkeler Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 6:32 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):AW: Re: System Symbols (SYSSYM) > There is one case in which there might be problems. Look

Re: System Symbols (SYSSYM)

2017-01-17 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On 2017-01-17, at 08:25, Vernooij, Kees (ITOPT1) - KLM wrote: > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: 17 January, 2017 16:12 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Syst

Re: System Symbols (SYSSYM)

2017-01-17 Thread Vernooij, Kees (ITOPT1) - KLM
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: 17 January, 2017 16:12 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: System Symbols (SYSSYM) On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 08:55:34 +, Mike Shorkend wrote: >There is one c

Re: System Symbols (SYSSYM)

2017-01-17 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 08:55:34 +, Mike Shorkend wrote: >There is one case in which there might be problems. Looking at: > >//MYFILE DD DSN=,DISP=(,PASS),UNIT=SYSDA > >WIth SYSSYM set to DISALLOW, this will create a valid temporary dataset(JCL >reference says that you should use a double

AW: Re: System Symbols (SYSSYM)

2017-01-17 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> There is one case in which there might be problems. Looking at: > //MYFILE DD DSN=,DISP=(,PASS),UNIT=SYSDA When using System Symbols in batch jobs was introduced with z/OS 2.1, I was always wondering what prompted IBM to define that SYSSYM= switch in the JOBCLASS definition. I knew there

Re: System Symbols (SYSSYM)

2017-01-17 Thread Allan Staller
I see no problem enabling SYSSYM. You have to take additional actions (JCL CHANGES) for it to have any impact. > Can anyone see a reason for not enabling System Symbols for all job > classes (i.e SYSSYM=ALLOW ) ? > ::DISCLAIMER::

Re: System Symbols (SYSSYM)

2017-01-17 Thread Mike Shorkend
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Re: System Symbols (SYSSYM)

2017-01-16 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
Symbols (SYSSYM) Hi, Can anyone see a reason for not enabling System Symbols for all job classes (i.e SYSSYM=ALLOW ) ? thanks Grant Williams -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

System Symbols (SYSSYM)

2017-01-15 Thread Grant Williams
Hi, Can anyone see a reason for not enabling System Symbols for all job classes (i.e SYSSYM=ALLOW ) ? thanks Grant Williams -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to