To view info about a tape based GDG

harshansw · New User Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Posts: 3 Location: Chennai

Hi,

I wanted to see the information about a tape based GDG,information like maximum number of generations possible,scratch/no-scratch etc.
Please do suggest how i can do that.

kkumarv · Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 11:10 am

First use TMS utilty to find out the vol ser of the tape file. Such as give the tape file name in tms, it would show you details about that tape file like vol ser ,lrec etc.

Its also called Online inquiry/update TMC records in the CA-1 INQUIRY/UPDATE TMC MENU enter the Dataset name. It will return you all the details about the tape datset.

harshansw · New User Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Posts: 3 Location: Chennai

Using TMS we can get only the VOLSER details and creation date etc.
But how to get the maximum number of generations allowed for that GDG?

mmwife · Super Moderator Joined: 30 May 2003 Posts: 1592

Try IDCAMS LISTCAT

maverick05 · New User Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 54 Location: Earth

By using utilities option in FILEAID,we can find the properties of a VSAM file

Thanks
Venkat

harshansw · New User Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Posts: 3 Location: Chennai

Thanks Jack..LISTCAT works for my requirement.

Thanks,
Harshan