Given DSN belongs to which Team..?

Anuj D.

Hi,

Problem: How to find which DSN belongs to which 'team' ?

Scenario: Need to delete/minimize the use of datasets which starts with some HLQ.

My approach:

1. List all the datasets starting with some HLQ.
2. I can use LISTCAT LVL(HLQ) ALL to do this, but for me the output is quite nasty, when I'm just intrested to look for only data set names. So I used IKJEFT1A, this solves my problem a bit.
3. Now that some HLQ is used across teams, how to find which DSN belongs to which team here at my shop ?

My senior suggests that create an excel of DSNs starting with that HLQ & send across the team to check which DSN belongs to which Team, then wait for their mail. Ah..it's a donkey-work.

I'm thinking to use SMF records, something on the line of this topic..
http://www.ibmmainframes.com/viewtopic.php?t=29449&highlight=

So I need two suggestions:

1. Is there any alternate way, as I'm thinking to use SMF records, to do this or not?

2. If we can use SMF records, then I'm stuck up here in how to create SMF Data. looked here

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr/BOOKS/IEA2G281/2.3.1?DT=20080122045841

but couldn't get a good solution. Please suggest.

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:45 am Post subject:

Hello,

enrico-sorichetti

IDCAMS DCOLLECT

expat · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 11:45 am Post subject:

Yeah, DCOLLECT is not too bad to use and does contain a whole lot more information than LISTCAT.

What about naming standards, as at most shops I've been involved in the naming setup/revamp the HLQ was DEV and the 2LQ was project id, so that makes it easier to identify which group is eating up all the space.

How about migrating datasets to ML2 and then seeing which ones get recalled. Not the most efficient I know, but it can give a good idea of what's going on

Anuj D. · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:47 pm Post subject:

Hi,

skkp2006 · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:00 am Post subject:

Anuj D. · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:02 pm Post subject:

Hi,

This

skkp2006 · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:29 pm Post subject:

Anuj,

Yes, you can run the HSM Dataset Level Command HMIG In batch.

Try this...

expat · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:02 pm Post subject:

Unfortunately only if he has ALTER access on the datasets being migrated.

expat · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:32 pm Post subject:

You are obviously suffering from severe mainframe addiction

expat · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:42 pm Post subject:

Bill Dennis · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 6:27 pm Post subject:

anuj,

If all you want are names, use

sameer · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:35 pm Post subject:

I have a small question, If I want to list datasets starting with specific string is LVL work ?

Ex I have datasets like
MSA0455.FILE1
MSA0465.FILE2
MSA0488.FILE3
MSA0499.FILE4

In the above example, all datasets starting with "MSA04"

I tried with MSA04* in place of HLQ, but its failing.

Douglas Wilder · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:56 pm Post subject:

Listcat uses whole nodes only. LMDLIST LISTID will use partial nodes.

HappySrinu · Active User Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 191 Location: India

Why don't you try contact your security team either ACF2/RACF team in your shop?

Who ever be the mainframe team, every one should contact them for the access of HLQ for certain teams.

More over they can run a report on certain machine for all HLQ's and owenrs also. I think I have asked that type report before.

Check with you security admins team.