Just a point which may not be obvious (at least it wasn't to me). The default of 5 tape volumes is "hard coded" only for non-SMS managed tapes. Truly! If you are using SMS managed tapes (in an automated or even manual library), then you can assign a default DATACLAS. In this DATACLAS, you can set the "volume count" to something else. We started having problems with some backups of files which had ballooned suddenly, which was causing a lot of abends due to exceeding tape volumes. There were simply too many JCL streams to update in a timely manner (change control). Since all our application tapes are in a VTS library, and so SMS managed, I simply changed our default DATACLAS which is assigned to virtual tapes to have a "volume count" of 110. Saved a ton of work.
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets® 9151 Boulevard 26 . N. Richland Hills . TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone . [email protected] . www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets® is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company®, Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Dawes > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 5:22 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: JCL PROBLEM > > Thanks for the tip. If I need to code the vol parm e.g. > VOL=(,,,35) if the output exceedes 5 vols (system default) > how would I go about it since I already have a vol parm in the jcl. > > > > ________________________________ > From: Mike Schwab <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, 5 June 2012 5:30 PM > Subject: Re: JCL PROBLEM > > Might I suggest a RETAIN on the FIRST step and omit on the LAST step? > > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 4:20 PM, John Dawes > <[email protected]> wrote: > > John, > > > > You were spot on. Your suggestion worked. Thanks a million. > > > > Thanks to all who responded for my plea for help. > -- > Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA > Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
