Re: Weird thought on misuse of a GDG.

2012-06-12 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 93891f43642f3c419a7d75acc2b1db6f3c68cc9...@exchangemb2.dhs.state.ia.us, on 06/11/2012 at 02:58 PM, Roberts, John J jrobe...@dhs.state.ia.us said: Also, what is the significance of the V00 part of the qualifier? It's the version. I was always led to believe that it was a vestige of

Re: Weird thought on misuse of a GDG.

2012-06-11 Thread Roberts, John J
But in today's world, without SCRATCH in the definition, the oldest GDG does not get scratched. It gets rolled off the GDG base and becomes a normal cataloged dataset entry. So it stays in the catalog, and can be referenced by absolute name. I wonder if this would ever be of some use to

Re: Weird thought on misuse of a GDG.

2012-06-11 Thread Jonathan Goossen
With the SCRATCH set you can write it to tape with a tape retention of the number of years for the tape to be kept for a similar result. You either need the tape volser to access it, or you need to catalog it without rolling it in. This will avoid the generation wrap around that is likely if

Re: Weird thought on misuse of a GDG.

2012-06-11 Thread Eric Bielefeld
Subject: Re: Weird thought on misuse of a GDG. But in today's world, without SCRATCH in the definition, the oldest GDG does not get scratched. It gets rolled off the GDG base and becomes a normal cataloged dataset entry. So it stays in the catalog, and can be referenced by absolute name. I

Re: Weird thought on misuse of a GDG.

2012-06-11 Thread Jonathan Goossen
with communication and leadership skills checkout Woodwinds Toastmasters. IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu wrote on 06/11/2012 02:58:51 PM: From: Roberts, John J jrobe...@dhs.state.ia.us To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: 06/11/2012 02:59 PM Subject: Re: Weird thought on misuse

Re: Weird thought on misuse of a GDG.

2012-06-11 Thread McKown, John
J Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 2:59 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Weird thought on misuse of a GDG. But in today's world, without SCRATCH in the definition, the oldest GDG does not get scratched. It gets rolled off the GDG base and becomes a normal cataloged dataset entry. So

Re: Weird thought on misuse of a GDG.

2012-06-11 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2012-06-11 21:58, Roberts, John J pisze: But in today's world, without SCRATCH in the definition, the oldest GDG does not get scratched. It gets rolled off the GDG base and becomes a normal cataloged dataset entry. So it stays in the catalog, and can be referenced by absolute name. I

Re: Weird thought on misuse of a GDG.

2012-06-11 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 14:58 -0500 on 06/11/2012, Roberts, John J wrote about Re: Weird thought on misuse of a GDG.: Also, what is the significance of the V00 part of the qualifier? I was always led to believe that it was a vestige of something that was never implemented. It allows you to create a replacement