On 3/18/2012 9:03 AM, Ron Hawkins wrote:
And finally, my memory may be a bit dodgy nowadays, but it's my recollection that the EOF for empty datasets was introduced so that DFSMShsm and DFSMSdss could migrate, move and copy empty datasets. When there is no EOF for a zero empty dataset these utilities choke and spit it back. I don't think security was an objective.
When you use the ALLDATA option, DSS copies whatever exists past the last valid EOF. This means that it has the capability of copying anything, regardless of DCB parameters, or whether or not those tracks have been used. So exactly what condition would "choke and spit it back"?
I guess that DSS, and presumably HSM, use a Read Track or Read Track Multiple, and the only condition that might cause a problem would be an uninitialized track, lacking basic home address information.
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