GDS names of the format hlq.node2.node3.node4.timestamp? A very cool idea, but I don't think DFSMS will do that.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Sent: Monday, March 12, 2018 9:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: GDG with timestamp Hi Sorry I meant putting the dates On 12-Mar-2018 9:27 PM, "John McKown" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 10:50 AM, Peter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi > > > > Apology for the dummy question > > > > For the GDG to have timestamp on its every generation, how do I > > ensure > that > > timestamp gets appended with all that generation created ? > > > > Could someone please point me as I am little confused here. > > > > I'm confused too. A GDG data name is of the form <base_dsn>.GnnnnVmm, > where nnnn is the absolute generation number and "mm" is a version and > 99.999999% of the time is "00". The only timestamp that I know of the > the one in the catalog, which is the date & time the catalog entry was > put into the catalog. Normally, this is the same as the creation date > & time, but can be different if "something happens" and the GDG entry is > recatalogued. > > What are you hoping for? If you want the timestamp in the DSN, I > think you are outta luck. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
