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CICS Shr Option (3,3)

Posted in CICS, CICS Commands, CICS Q&A, JES Commands, MVS, Mainframe Code, Mainframe Q&A, VSAM, dataset, tagged , , , , on April 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

We had an instance like the below..
A VSAM file which has got opened by a CICS program in a LPAR region needs to be copied to another LPAR region. We had given shroption (2,3) which doesnt allow us to proceed. As share option 2 allows only one processor at a time to open a data [...]

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Db2 Version Conversion

Posted in DB2, DB2 Version Upgrade, Mainframe Q&A, tagged , , , , , on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Question:
I would know if moving from DB2 7 to DB2 8 changes the way SMF records are
created when running DB2 / CICS|BATCH|TSO commands.
Answer:
Yes, it is possible that you will notice SMF 101 data volume / content
changes, if you implement the new DB2 V8 option ACCUMACC.  IBM did not
add a “number of times package allocated” count [...]

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Reserve storage for LE while using DFSORT

Posted in DB2 Version Upgrade, Mainframe Q&A, tagged , , , , , on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The parameter to reserve storage for LE’s use is RESINV=n (or nK or
nM) and it is only used if MAINSIZE=MAX is in effect.  You can specify
these parameters using DFSPARM, e.g.
//DFSPARM DD *
  OPTION MAINSIZE=MAX,RESINV=512K
/*

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