On 03/04/08, Darren J Moffat wrote: > Raymond Xiong wrote: > >I wonder if it is possible to remove keyscope property from > >command line(even if that property is still needed internally)? > > Possible yes, but I'd like to understand what problem you are trying to > solve by doing so. > > >We can let datasets use pool level wrapping key by default, > >and use dataset-specific wrapping key only if keysource > >property is specified for that dataset. That will make the > >command syntax a little easier to understand, I think. > > I don't think that works work as well with inheritance as the current scheme > > Note also while keyscope only as dataset and pool as possible values > just now there could be others in the future. > > Also the design has already been approved by PSARC and implemented so > unless there is a very strong reason to change this I'm not really > willing to do so at this time.
Darren, I asked just because I was curious. Thanks for the explanation. -- Regards, Raymond