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Assuming they're sequential files, IEBCOPY won't do a thing for you. And if, as you say, they're being allocated with the RLSE parameter, any unused space you're allocating should become available to ...

Have you considered combining the steps of Job1 and Job2 into a single job?

So you had an unload job that worked, but another job which requires the unload tape again failed. I'd look at the DD statements between the two and see what's different.

Can you check that abend ...

It seems to me that the problem here is that the job is externally triggered by the dataset, which is taking some of the control away from CA-7. Rather than triggering the job, I would schedule it un ...

I run CA-7 and am very familiar with the various types of dependencies. And when you say "soft" and "hard" dependencies, I have no idea what you're talking about. In fact, a search through the entir ...

Even though mainframe systems won't be going away anytime soon, the need to integrate them with other systems is growing. DB2 is simply easier to share with open systems because it's more like Oracle ...

I think that as long as you specify the VOL=SER= parameter, it won't try to look up the dataset in the catalog or your tape management product, so you should be able to use the tape at hand. You'd ju ...

JES2 will issue messages to the syslog whenever a print job starts, finishes, or a backspace or similar command is issued. You can use an automation product like Netview to intercept those messages ( ...

A job that refers to generation (0) would just be reading the last generation. The confusion probably stems from the situation where you have a single jobstream that creates a new generation and then ...

There are no JES2 commands to change system clock. There are no MVS commands that will help you short of an IPL. You need some sort of exit or product to intercept date & time requests.

The book you want is the MVS System Commands for your level of z/OS.

And having looked at it briefly, there are a few optional parameters which will give you the jobname without you having to resor ...

Sure. Take a library out of the linklist and run an LLA refresh, then wait for the phone to ring. Twisted Evil

That's because you can't use TSO to list the attributes of a VSAM file, either. When you try to use the ISPF dialogue to list a VSAM file, it gets you started on a utility that helps you write an IDC ...

Actually, if you're using the TFORMAT library, that would explain why the MFS changes are being shown, but the MPP changes are not. I think you're looking at an ACBGEN and online change to swap activ ...

Whether or not a jobname is included in the WTOR depends entirely on whether a jobname was coded in the JCL. However, whenever a job issues a WTOR, it will be accompanied in the syslog by the job num ...