If you come across the need to delete a specific member of a Partitioned dataset and you want to do it via batch job, then you can use IDCAMS for the effect: //DELETE EXEC PGM=IDCAMS //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSIN DD * DELETE USER1.PDS.EXAMPLE(MEMBER1) In the above example member MEMBER1 […]
Here’s a simple way of deleting all members of a partitioned dataset via a batch job: //DELETE EXEC PGM=IDCAMS //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSIN DD * DELETE USER1.PDS.EXAMPLE(*) In the above example all the members (represented by the *) of the dataset USER1.PDS.EXAMPLE will be deleted.
System Management Facility (SMF) should always be active in order to record the LPAR activity. Nevertheless, some times whether for testing reasons or otherwise you may have the need to disable SMF. To disable SMF: Edit the SMFPRMxx member in your Parmlib library and set it to NOACTIVE (the default […]
The following table describes some of the most used ISPF commands that may come very handy when editing datasets or members the mainframe: Edit Primary Commands CHANGE string1 string2 Changes first occurrence of string1 with string2. CHANGE can also be used as C CHANGE ALL string1 string2 Changes all occurrences […]
Let’s imagine you have the following JCL and you need to change it to accommodate your needs: //COMPRESS JOB (),’COMPRESS’,NOTIFY=&SYSUID,CLASS=A,MSGLEVEL=(1,1), // MSGCLASS=X //************************************************** //* THIS IS AN EXAMPLE – THIS LINE WILL BE DELETED //************************************************** //STEP1 EXEC PGM=IEBCOPY //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //INPUT DD DSNAME=SYS1.EXAMPLE.FILE,DISP=SHR //OUTPUT DD DSNAME=SYS1.EXAMPLE.FILE,DISP=SHR //SYSIN DD * […]
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