My understanding (always has been) is that one cannot allocate a same-named dataset (to be cataloged) in a given "shared environment" SYSPLEX.
I have faced this same situation with SMF data-archival where a copy is forwarded via FTP from the creating-LPAR over the fence to another central-repository (SMF data maintained for long-period) LPAR environment, where the two dataset names must be unique and an allocation failure occurs on the "other" system, when attempted. Scott Barry SBBTech LLC On Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:41:55 +0000, Mark Jacobs <[email protected]> wrote: >Please excuse me for confusing people, I confused myself too. Reading the logs >again, here's the actual scenario. > >1) Step one initiates a data transfer to another system in the sysplex. >2) Step two allocates a dataset with the same dataset name for *reasons*. > >The dynamic allocation failure that's returned in the log actually occurs on >the remote system. There's a shared enqueue already for the target dataset so >the attempt by the receiving system to allocate the dataset, I assume its >requesting exclusive fails. > >Mark Jacobs > > >Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. > >GPG Public Key - >https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get&[email protected] > > >On Wednesday, February 19th, 2025 at 9:01 AM, Paul Gilmartin ><[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, 19 Feb 2025 12:17:48 +0000, Mark Jacobs [email protected] >> wrote: >> >> > One of the things I'm going to test is whether setting S99NORES in >> > S99FLAG2 might work. If so all we need to do is convince the software >> > vendor to support setting it on a job-by-job basis. >> >> https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=fields-additional-flags-s99flag2 >> >> Note: Data sets being allocated are normally serialized via ENQ with MAJOR >> name SYSDSN, MINOR name -data set name-. When S99NORES is set, there is NO >> data set serialization and multiple tasks may reference or update the data >> set simultaneously, resulting in unpredictable effects. It is the >> responsibility of the authorized program setting S99NORES to provide the >> necessary serialization. >> >> Do you want to do that? It might be a hard sell with the vendor. >> >> "Vendor"? Is that vendor using multiple address spaces? >> >> -- gil >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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
