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Willem Vermeer

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 6:51 pm
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Greetings.

We're running zOS 1.10 and on one of our systems we've found a PDSE that displays a different member count depending on the command you're using to display the directory.

If, under ISPF Opt3.4, we use I (Data Set Information) we see a count of 10,623 members, whereas if we use B(rowse) the screen tells us we have 14,269 members. Quite a difference.

I copied this PDSE with DFSMSdss and the copy-ds now tells me I've got 14,269 members, whether I'm using B(rowse) or I(nfo).

Anybody any idea?
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CICS Guy

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:07 pm
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Possibly Reset ISPF statistics utility (option 3.5)?
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Willem Vermeer

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:37 pm
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Reset Statistics? You mean, I should try a reset and if so, for which statistic(s), or you suspect a reset went wrong?
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Pete Wilson

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:33 pm
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Sounds more like a question for IBM. Be careful with PDSE's...never use them on cross-plex available DASD for example otherwise results are 'unpredictable'.

You might find some MODIFY commands you can enter to the SMSPDSE* started tasks to analyse your files or refresh the SMSPDSE* address space buffers.

It would be interesting to try doing the DFDSS COPY again but with PARM='UTILMSG=YES' specified on the exec to see the called IEBCOPY utility messages.

Perhaps also try copying your secondary copy PDSE back to a PDS format version using the CONVERT paramter in the COPY command as well to see how the numbers stack up.
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nevilh

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 3:50 pm
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Both are correct. Browse shows members plus aliases. ISPF Opt3.4, I (Data Set Information) does not count the aliases .
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