Yes, I'm aware of this method, thank you for mentioning it.
However that way does not allow generics.
Obviously I could create some REXX script for that, but I don't want to reinvent the wheel.

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Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland




W dniu 19.01.2024 o 19:42, Matthew Stitt pisze:
I"ve used IEBCOPY with DISP=SHR and VOL=SER with no issues for years.

Matthew Stitt

On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 17:31:46 +0000, Ituriel do 
Neto<[email protected]>  wrote:

BYPASSNQ program ?


Best Regards

Ituriel do Nascimento Neto
z/OS System Programmer
Hi Radek,
- Run ICKDSF to take the VTOC out of Indexed Format (BUILDOS)
- ZAP the VTOC  (i.e. FORMAT4.DSCB) to change the DSNAME to something
innocuous.
- Compress via IEBCOPY
- ZAP the DSNAME to SYS1.LINKLIB
- Run ICKDSF to put the VTOC into Indexed Format (BUILDIX)

I've done this, but, not recently.

Here is an article where someone else came up with the same idea:
Deleting a File That Is “In Use” | Steve Baugh - The CICS Guy
(wordpress.com)
<https://thecicsguy.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/deleting-a-file-that-is-in-use/>

Regards,
David

On 2024-01-19 07:27, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote:
I want to compress some system datasets like SYS1.LINKLIB, but *not*
real "live", rather offline copies.
DSS ends with RC8, because of failed serialization.
SETPROG LNKLST,UNALLOCATE will not solve all the enqueues, because
some datasets are serialized by other entities like TSO users.

And I also want to CONSOLIDATE some datasets as well.


Any clue?

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