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Jasand
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Hi,
Could somebody let me know how to get exclusive control of a dataset for a job ? (Any method other than using DISP=OLD to get the exclusive control of the dataset).
The issue with using DISP=OLD(Job A) is that, when another job(Job B) with DISP=SHR access is already running, there occurs contention between the 2 jobs. Please correct me if I am wrong. |
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enrico-sorichetti
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all happens according to the ENQueuing rules of JCL
if You want exclusive control of a resource ( any resource ) You want exclusive control.
no more, no less, and if somebody else is using that same resource You will have to wait until that somebody else has released it
( the happening is commonly known as resource contention )
here are the links to the relevant jcl manulas
z/OS V1R6.0-V1R10.0 MVS JCL User's Guide
publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ ... 0712160458
and here
z/OS V1R10.0 MVS JCL Reference
publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ ... 0604022956
to avoid a visible resource contention use Your scheduler facilities to serialize
( the contention will still be there, but You will not get any console messages,
the only evidence will be found by running a contention/delay report) |
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Jasand
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| Thank you for your quick response. Will check the manuals. |
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Phrzby Phil
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Enrico's answer is complete Jasand.
But I'm wondering, from the way you identified a seeming "problem" with DISP=OLD, exactly why you thought that behavior (having to wait for the DISP=SHR job to finish) was not what you wanted. |
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Robert Sample
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I wondered that too, Phil, but I've learned there are some questions not worth asking ... that one got borderline!  |
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enrico-sorichetti
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I sometimes wonder too... about my good character 
really I sometimes answer in what I hope is an exhaustive way in order to,
answer one... speak to many
but sadly it looks like that most of the times it is not worth the effort  |
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