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Status Delivered
Workspace z/OS Explorer
Categories Host
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 6, 2020

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Enhance the 'DISPLAY OWNER' command to show all locks for a PDS[E]

In an Explorer for z/OS client using the 'show in table' option for a PDS and looking at the Lock owner column can tell you who is locking which members.

When you open a dataset in Explorer for z/OS it is actually the RSED daemon which takes the lock, so a 'D GRS' command will display for example RSED3 as having a shared lock.

The Host configuration guide describes how the following operator command can be used to show which z/OS Explorer users have locks on datasets/PDS's:
F RSED,APPL=DISPLAY OWNER,DSN=[DSN]

However, the lock and associated user is only shown when you specify the exact member on which there is a lock.

What the operator command reports:
F RSED,APPL=DISPLAY OWNER,DSN=TEST.PDS.DATA
FEK218I TEST.PDS.DATA is not locked

F RSED,APPL=DISPLAY OWNER,DSN=TEST.PDS.DATA(TEST1)
FEK217I TEST.PDS.DATA(TEST1) is locked by x

Thus for automation you would have to check every member of a PDS to known all users who have locks and the members on which they have locks.
This does not scale very well, and is slow.

Is it possible to enhance the operator command to always show all locks for a PDS[E] with the user and member for every lock?

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 1, 2021

    Delivered in z/OS Explorer 3.2.0.17

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 17, 2021

    Thank you for taking the time to suggest an enhancement to our product. Many of our product enhancements result from feedback from our customers, so your input is always very important to us. Your request is currently in line with our product strategy and we have planned it for a future release of the product. Thank you for your suggestion and continued support.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 20, 2021

    A preliminary evaluation of this request indicates that it is consistent with our business strategy. Further evaluation of this RFE is underway.

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