SYSOUT details in a PDS

lalitha.p · New User Joined: 11 Sep 2008 Posts: 13 Location: India

Hi,

I want to store all the details of SYSOUT of a paticular job in a file.

karthikr44 · Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:33 pm

Hi,

Instead of
//SYSOUT DD *

U Can code,
//SYSOUT DD DSN=Filename

Regards
R KARTHIK

lalitha.p · New User Joined: 11 Sep 2008 Posts: 13 Location: India

Below is the jcl i tried but the ouput file is not containing any data.

This code is working for all scenario's except to capture the delete info.

pls help

//I817058$ JOB CLASS=A,MSGLEVEL=(1,1),NOTIFY=&SYSUID,MSGCLASS=X,
// REGION=4M
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//DD1 DD DSN=I817058.INFILE.TEST1,
// DISP=(MOD,DELETE,DELETE)
//DD2 DD DSN=I817058.INFILE.TEST2,
// DISP=(MOD,DELETE,DELETE)
//SYSOUT DD DSN=I817058.TEST.OUTPS1,DISP=SHR
//SYSPRINT DD DSN=I817058.TEST.OUTPS1,DISP=SHR

gcicchet · Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 2:09 pm

Hi,

program IEFBR14 does not use any DDNAMEs, hence nothing is written to either SYSOUT or SYSPRINT..

You can run IEFBR14 without the above DDNAME's as they are not needed.

Gerry

lalitha.p · New User Joined: 11 Sep 2008 Posts: 13 Location: India

Could you pls explain detail as I am not getting where to remove DDNAME's

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 2:33 pm

the output of a job run is made up of many datasets..
basically
3 system/JES managed datasets containg..
the job log
the job messages
the jcl before after variable substitution
- I might have mixed up the content, but for a rough explanation is more than enough
- as soon as I have the system up I' ll give the right name and content
- but You can find by Yourself going to an SDSF and typing ? in front of a job

the only ddnames You have control on are the OTHER ones, those defined and used for program I/O

lalitha.p · New User Joined: 11 Sep 2008 Posts: 13 Location: India

Hi Enrico,

Thanks for your response.

Could you pls give me the code what is that I have to use?

My program have to do the follwoing things:
1) Whenever a delete step is executed, it should be captured in a file
2) In order to check howmany files are deleted
3) The output file will be sent to CLIENT via mail

The code pasted above is capturing all the info excpt delete info.

Restrictions:
I cannot use IDCAMS utility in my programs

Could you pls help me on what is the right utility to be used and I'm grateful to you if you can give the corrrect source code

Is it possible find this information via REXX?

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 2:51 pm

then You will have to live without it,
but why in <HELL> such a IDIOT requirement not to use idcams..

NO... I ill not work to post something that can be done with a standard utility

the right utility, guess what is IDCAMS

using iefbr14 will cause a jcl error if Your dataset is not there,
using idcams is simple to route the sysprint datset and email it to whoever You want

why don' You run Yourself some simple tests to see using the ? how a job output is composed ??

the sys.../jes.... are unroutable at jcl level

terminology explanation...
<HELL> is a metaword to design any unpleasant place of Your choice
IDIOT on the other side means exactly that

lalitha.p · New User Joined: 11 Sep 2008 Posts: 13 Location: India

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 4:17 pm

somebody planned the approach in the worst way possible,
placing the burden of auditing on each job

the proper way of doing it ( done it )
is to enforce a proper storage accounting/tracking system,
processing , let' s say weekly the SMF data, reporting on allocate delete activity
I hope that since You look like a multi client service provider,
You have a mean of classifying the datasets by looking at them or
by the userid who allocated deleted them

so each job does not have to worry about anything

expat · Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 4:19 pm

That's the problem with some managers, they have never had a technical background. and honestly believe that they know better than the techies.

The way that I usually persuade them is by saying I have tried doing it your way with no sucess, but using this method I can get exactly what you need.

IDCAMS is the best solution here, as it will detail which datasets were deleted and those that did not exist at the time. An alternative method would be using SMF records to show which jobs have deleted which datasets, type 17 if I recall correctly. These can be used via SAS or SORT to extract the data you need.

Just out of curiosity, what is so interesting in seeing how many datasets get deleted ? The only reason that springs to mind is a possible look at seeing how much data might be deleted earlier to cut storage costs, but then again a well designed and implemented batch suite should take all of that into account anyway. Maybe just another symptom of bad management

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 7:02 pm