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In order to support JCL LIKE, we have to open the PDSE data set specified in LIKE. That would be a performance hit.
The expectation for version, was that most PDSEs would be version 2 once the customer was comfortable with them. So we expected the IGDSMSxx parameter PDSE_VERSION({1|2})] would be set to version 2 and then all PDSEs which did not specify version would be allocated as version 2, including those allocated with LIKE.
Can you just set PDSE_VERSION to 2 in your SYS1.PARMLIB(IGDSMSxx) member? Or, you are willing to take a performance hit for this LIKE support?
Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - z Systems Software
Product - z/OS
Component - DFSMS SMS
Operating system - IBM z/OS
Source - None
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - z Systems Software
Product - z/OS
Component - DFSMS CVAF/DADSM
Operating system - IBM z/OS
Source - None
Actual requester comments: This is similar to declined RFE 90546, however to address IBM's comments on that RFE:
- While it might be nice if Version 2 PDSE was the default, that's not happening for reasons, along the same lines as why 99% of new libraries are still created as PDS.
- Accidental modeling of MAXGENS could be an issue but so could not copying it. So in this RFE, I'll say, if the LIKE parameter isn't the answer then provide some alternative syntax.