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As an FYI for other users, I found a workaround for having the RDDS dataset allocation and the EXPORT command in the same job: DD DSN=xx,FREE=END so that JES releases the exclusive dataset ENQ at the end of the allocation step instead of the end of the job.
Example:
// EXPORT SYMLIST=(*)
// SET DSN=MY.EXPORTS.RDDS
// SET TRANLIST='TRAN1 TRAN2 MYTRAN* '
//*
//ALLCRDDS EXEC PGM=IEBGENER
//SYSUT1 DD DUMMY,BLKSIZE=32760,RECFM=VB
//SYSUT2 DD DSN=&DSN,FREE=END,
// DCB=(RECFM=VB,LRECL=32756,BLKSIZE=32760),
// DISP=(,CATLG),SPACE=(TRK,(10,10))
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD DUMMY
//*
//EXPORT EXEC PGM=CSLUSPOC,
// PARM=('IMSPLEX=&IMSPLEX,ROUTE=%,F=BYRSC,WAIT=05:00')
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *,SYMBOLS=EXECSYS
EXPORT DEFN TARGET(RDDS) RDDSDSN(&DSN) +
TYPE(TRAN) NAME(&TRANLIST)
/*
Dear Mr. Eosze:
Thank you for submitting this IMS enhancement request.
After giving the request a comprehensive review, we have determined that we cannot include it as a candidate in an upcoming release because it is not consistent with the product direction, which includes the use of the IMSRSC repository instead of the RDDS data sets. As a consequence we have, unfortunately, rejected this request.
We appreciate your input to the IMS development team. We also hope that you will continue to submit ideas for improvements as customer feedback is a key component to shaping the future direction of IMS.
Sincerely,
Janna Mansker
I realized I forgot to mention IMPORT. Please also consider IMPORT the same way as EXPORT.