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saravanan80 · Beginner Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 14 Topics: 6

Step 1 - Im generating the previous version with data (-1)
Step 2 - I'm generating the current verion with data (0)
Step 3 - I'm generating the future version (+1)
and I want to copy the version's (-1,0) to the future version

what are all the ways can I do that?

Do I need to sort the data and copy then using the simple copy using SYSIN ?

Please suggest.

Nic Clouston · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:26 am Post subject:

There are probably too many ways. Why do you want to know multiple ways? (Homework? If so do your homework yourself!).

I do not know if you need to sort the data first as
1) I do not know your data
2) I do not know how it is to be used in the future
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kolusu · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:31 am Post subject:

Assuming you want to do all of this in 1 single job.

vak255 · Intermediate Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Posts: 384 Topics: 79

Kolusu,
Is that true that, to refer back to the GDG that is created in previous step should be referred as +1.

Is there any exception for this.

As in my JCL, my last step is an NDM step and when I used +1 to refer to the GDG that is created in previous step...it is actually picking up future GDG. Eg. the prev step creates GDG which has the generation as 2, where as in NDM step it is looking for 3. I coded +0 and now its working fine.

Anyone faced this type of problem??

kolusu · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:46 pm Post subject:

vak255,

what you described should not happen. Post the JCL.

If you are creating multiple GDG versions in the same JCl then you need to refer them approrirately.

For ex: if your job has 5 steps

vak255 · Intermediate Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Posts: 384 Topics: 79

Thanks kolusu, I will check and will let you know.
I am referring to the same GDG which is created in step 1 in all the below steps.
all the steps are working fine except the ndm step, i believe when i trigger NDM its actually signing on to another server and i believe thats creating the problem

Bill Dennis · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:21 am Post subject:

If the +1 generation is not created in a JCL DD statement but by some non-JCL process (NDM, FTP, etc.), it would be (0) in the next step. The normal JCL rules don't apply.
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