Re: PDS Directory Question

Ted MacNEIL(tedmacneil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)@Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 12:00:00AM +0000:
There are tools that can expand PDS directories, but I have not
had great success with them.

In the past, I would have recommended converting to a PDSE;
unfortunately there have been all sorts of integrity issues with
them ever since IBM removed the requirement for them to be
SMS-Managed. And, that requires a re-allocation, anyways.


I've been in a *very* large shop for about four years. The
responsibilities are extremely segregated for these systems, so I
rarely get to see the sysprog side of life. (ESP, ReXX, MVS
application support and upgrades are part of my usual fare).

So, owing to my lopsided exposure to mainframes, I am hoping that
you'll explain these PDSE issues. I've been using PDSEs
extensively for personal datasets and haven't experienced any
problems as a result of SMS interaction (or any other). If the
PDSE datasets are SMS managed, does this alleviate the problems
you've seen?

Wade Curry
Sr. Implementation Mgr.
AT&T Services, Inc.

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