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Workspace Z Open Automation Utilities
Created by Guest
Created on Jan 4, 2023

RELATED IDEAS

Add support for GDG processing to DCP and MVSCMD commands in zoau

We cannot copy from USS File system to SEQ GDG using DCP or MVSCMD with the (+1) coded

DCP Command Fails
-bash-4.3$ dcp /bac/var/lib/devops/svcid/zsuserid/joblist 'ZSUSERID.TESTGDG(+1)'
17.47.08 STC00338 IEC034I INCONSISTENT RECORD FORMATS F AND V, SYS00002+3,ZSUSERID.TESTGDG.G0001V00
cp: FSUMF157 //'ZSUSERID.TESTGDG' is an existing sequential data set, no member allowed
BGYSC1103E No datasets match pattern: /bac/var/lib/devops/svcid/zsuserid/joblist.

and
mvscmd --pgm=iebgener --sysin=dummy --sysut1=/bac/var/lib/devops/svcid/zsuserid/joblist --SYSUT2="ZSUSERID.TESTGDG(+1),NEW" --SYSPRINT="STDOUT"
BGYSC0205E Name +1 contains invalid characters.

We need this functionality in either DCP or MVSCMD

IEBGENER through JCL works
//IBMUSERC JOB ,IEBGENER,CLASS=8,MSGCLASS=X,NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//*
//S1 EXEC PGM=IEBGENER
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD DUMMY
//SYSUT1 DD PATH='/bac/JobList',
// FILEDATA=TEXT,PATHOPTS=ORDONLY,
// LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=6320,RECFM=FB
//SYSUT2 DD DSN=IBMUSER.TESTGDG(+1),DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),
// DCB=(LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=6320),SPACE=(TRK,(1,1))

Idea priority High
  • Admin
    Sebastian Torf
    Reply
    |     Dec 15, 2023

    This functionality has now been delivered with ZOAU 1.3 in dcp/mvscmd/mvscmdauth and associated Python API calls (Shopz FMID HAL5130). Please feel free to keep suggesting new ideas, and thanks for your suggestion!

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 20, 2023

    Hello,

    Being able to write to a GDG from ansible using data_set_name and zos_mvs_raw would be good also in my case.

    Thank you

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 20, 2023

    For DCP to be fixed, the underlying CP command would need updating first?

    cp test.txt //'TEST.A.GDGTEST(+1)'
    cp: FSUM6258 cannot open file "//TEST.A.GDGTEST": EDC5049I The specified file name could not be located.

    cp: FSUMF138 partitioned data set "//TEST.A.GDGTEST" must exist
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 6, 2023

    I also have this issue trying to use the python API datasets.copy to copy data from a USS file to a GDG entry. I use the datasets.list to get all the entries for the GDG and insert the full name of the last entry rather than using relative referencing off the base. Strangely it works perfectly well doing it this way when I run the python script via a terminal window, but when I run it in batch I get a rc=1 on the copy.

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