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Why PDS is deleted instead of the Member if JOB step abends.

 
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mainframemouli
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 9:09 am    Post subject: Why PDS is deleted instead of the Member if JOB step abends. Reply with quote
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//PSTEP010 EXEC PGM=SORT
//SORTLIB DD DSN=SYS1.SORTLIB,
// DISP=SHR
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SORTIN DD DSN=XT2.SMS.HR3903.REPORT.G0135V00,
// DISP=SHR
//SORTOUT DD DSN=XT2.PAY.MYC.SRC(ABC),
// DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),
// DCB=(SYS2.MODEL,BLKSIZE=0,LRECL=133,RECFM=FB),
// UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(CYL,(25,10),RLSE)
//SYSIN DD *
  SORT FIELDS=(4,5,CH,A,15,4,CH,A,23,11,BI,A)
/*


If the JCL abended the dataset(PDS) XT2.PAY.MYC.SRC will be deleted.
But according to theory only the PDS member has to be deleted if the job ends abnormally.But why the PDS will be deleted can anybody explain??
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kolusu
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 9:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mainframemouli,

Most shops have a utility to delete all the Datasets with disp=(new,catlg,delete). ex: CA11

make sure that your JCL does not have that step.

Also Does your PDS already exist? If so your DISP parameter on sortout should be disp=old instead of disp=(new,catlg,delete).

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semigeezer
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 1:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
DISP=delete always refers to the data set and never to the member. It is a mistake we have all made ... once.
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taltyman
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 7:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yep, about 20 years ago I deleted our production JCL library. Reminds me of the airline commercial that says "want to get away?"
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