Excellent!! Thanks! On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 12:53 PM Radoslaw Skorupka < 00000471ebeac275-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
> General remarks: > There are three flavours of "partitioned data set": > - PDS > - PDSE (now described as v1) > - PDSE v2 > > PDS/PDSE can hold data members or program members. > For programs, the difference between PDS and PDSE is significant. > However for brevity let's stop talking about programs. > > Now about data members like TCPPARMS, CLIST, REXX, etc. > Very few programs/applications distinguish difference between PDS and > PDSE. That means you can replace PDS with PDSE almost everywhere. With > the exception for IPLPARM, PARMLIB and PROCLIB I would not even check. :-) > > Now PDSE v1 vs PDSE v2 - I don't know *any* scenario when the difference > is important for the application. > > > BTW: when you install z/OS you can change PDS to PDSE. For hundreds of > libraries only few (3? 5?) cannot be changed. However people tend to be > reluctant and most of "PDS by default, but it could be PDSE" libraries > are still created as PDS. > > Sometimes it is justified by cross-sysplex sharing, but IMHO it is just > a pretext. > > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > > > > W dniu 04.03.2024 o 14:29, roscoe5 pisze: > > I could not find definitive doc saying a PDS/E was/wasn’t allowed, but I > am convinced it is. Thanks. > > > > Over the weekend I created a PDS/E and copied the members, made my > update, and I’m awaiting Change approval to do any Obey from the new > Library to pick it up, temporarily. Then the plan is to change the TELNET > proc to point to the new Library. Over the next several weeks I expect IPLs > will pick up the Library. Until then we will be slightly on uneven ground. > > > > I read about two different types of PDSs, type-1 and type-2. In a z/OS > 2.4 shop, do we need to specify or is type-2 created by default? > > > > Thanks again! > > R > > > > Sent from [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) for iOS > > > > On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 8:14 AM, Allan Staller <[allan.stal...@hcl.com > ](mailto:On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 8:14 AM, Allan Staller <<a href=)> wrote: > > > >> Classification: Confidential > >> > >> 1) Re-allocate as PDS/E. This will require a PDS/E > >> 2) Compress in batch w/IEBCOPY and make you changes. No restart > required. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List<IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > Behalf Of roscoe5 > >> Sent: Friday, March 1, 2024 2:47 PM > >> To:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > >> Subject: TELNET PROFILE, strictly PDS? > >> > >> [CAUTION: This Email is from outside the Organization. Unless you trust > the sender, Don't click links or open attachments as it may be a Phishing > email, which can steal your Information and compromise your Computer.] > >> > >> I'll freely admit I am rusty in this area, but I hope this is an easy > question. I know a shop where the TELNET PROFILE dataset is a PDS. We found > this today making a minor update and a space abend. All 16 extents full. > Compressing while is use being one problem, I'd like to reallocate a new > PDS/E or Library or PO-E, whatever the proper term. > >> > >> But my question is ... is there any restriction against using this file > type? > >> Must it be an old-fashioned PDS? > >> > >> I know there were some limitations, years ago, but I thought we were > beyond most of those. But I have not kept up for years. > >> > >> Thanks much everyone. > >> R > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
