Chris, I have reviewed my JCL for TPX and it has an allocation for the SYS1.VTAMLST in it. How or why it is in the STC JCL, I am unclear.
But thanks for checking further. Lizette > > Lizette > > After posting I realised that I had an example - other than VTAM - of a program which > needs to read members of VTAMLST partitioned data sets. This is the NetView > STATMON component pre-processor program. Just as VTAM has its ATCCONxx > member which provides the names of members as dreamed up by the responsible > system programmer so the NetView STATMON component pre-processor program has > its CNMCONxx member providing a similar service. > > Knowing that proposing that a program might need access to VTAMLST based on a > vague feeling that it sort-of might was just wrong, I was forced to realise that knowing > the member names was the key. The NetView STATMON component pre-processor > program is the proof! > > Thus, if a program requires that you provide it with a list of member names, you can > safely say that it requires access to VTAMLST partitioned data sets. > > Chris Mason > > On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 12:19:19 -0600, Chris Mason <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >Lizette > > > >> I can say that ..., TPX, ... might need READ access. > > > >What evidence do you have that TPX actually needs to "read" members of the > VTAMLST partitioned data set? Are you obliged to provide the major node names, that > is, the actual member names? If not TPX - or any other program - would be "all at > sea" when faced with the requirement to read the members - or I guess such a > program could "read" the directory and make guesses based on the names it found ... > > > >Alternatively, a program like TPX could have "programmed operator access" and > discover the member names that way. However I wonder what information, additional > to what is can be derived from the messages in reply to a DISPLAY command, might > be needed. > > > >> I can say that ... a few other things might need READ access. > > > >Would you be so kind as to divulge the "other things" and apply the same test as I > just outlined for TPX? > > > >> I know as a sysproc, I ... > > > >While I'm here, I can't resist mentioning that I would tend to look for a "sysproc" in a > partitioned data set rather than sitting in a chair in front of a screen editing one! > > > >Chris Mason > > > >On Fri, 9 Mar 2012 13:05:42 -0500, Lizette Koehler <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >>... > >>I can say that VTAM, TPX, and a few other things might need READ access. I know > as a sysproc, I would need UPDATE authority to make changes. > >> > >>Lizette ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
