🚀 go-pugleaf

Might you not do better to post-process and integrate various SMF records to
get the information you need? Or if necessary, use your rename-and-XCTL
scheme to collect some details, and maybe even write your own SMF record(s)
so that the whole of what you need can be correlated using the job and proc
names.

Tony H.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List
> [mailto:ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mike Baker
> Sent: Tue 25 October, 2005 02:25
> To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: How to find PDS member name details
>
> The problem is an extremely messy environment. Years ago some
> standard IMS database procedures were created, and people
> were meant to execute the centrally stored procs, and use
> whatever JCL overrides they needed. Now...
> 18 years later, everyone their own personal version/s of the
> procs, and they execute these most (not all) of the time. The
> test environment is a complete mess, and no-one has a clue
> what's going on.
>
> IMS version 7.1 does not force the use of the DBRC=Y
> parameter in the JCL, and whilst you can code it in the
> centrally stored procs, that is no help if people don't use
> those procs. Nor do they want anyone telling them what they
> should be using...  even though their own source libraries
> are now in a state of complete chaos.
>
> So... the intention would be to write a front-end for the IMS
> region controller program, rename the IBM one, and XCTL to it
> after extracting various items of info. such as the PDS
> member name details. And with the gathering of this
> information, then control can be established.
>