This suggestion will not change the ' DATA SET RESERVATION UNSUCCESSFUL' situation. The answer to Lizette's question is a factor in what might be the correct or "better" solution.
In my experience, this message occurs when deleting a GDS (specific generation dataset) and something else is adding, deleting or otherwise preventing the required update to the GDG base entry. Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State University > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Lloyd Fuller > Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 12:46 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: DATA SET RESERVATION UNSUCCESSFUL > > Add SPACE and VOLUME parameters, and change OLD to MOD. That way if it > does > exist, it will be deleted, and if it does not, it will be created and deleted > in > the same step. > > Use it all of the time. You can also use UNIT=SYSDA (or some such) instead of > VOLUME. > > > Lloyd > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "Donnelly, John P" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, November 3, 2011 3:37:51 PM > Subject: DATA SET RESERVATION UNSUCCESSFUL > > We have a job that executes PGM=IEFBR14 with 40 DD cards specifying > DISP=(OLD,DELETE,DELETE). > From time to time we will get a JCL error because dataset reservation failed. > Any other way we might accomplish the same event? > > John Donnelly > Texas Instruments SVA > 2900 Semiconductor Drive > Santa Clara, CA 95051 > 408-721-5640 > 408-470-8364 Cell > [email protected] > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
