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Abstract for DFSMS Using the New Functions
Summary of changes
Summary of changes for z/OS Version 2 Release 2 (V2R2)
Changes for z/OS V2R1, as updated February 2015
Changes for z/OS V2R1, as updated September 2014
Changes for z/OS V2R1, as updated March 2014
Summary of changes for z/OS Version 2 Release 1
Introduction
What do I need to do to use the z/OS DFSMS enhancements?
Using new DFSMS functions in z/OS V2R2
Using the catalog enhancements in z/OS V2R2
Using the SMS enhancements
Using the Open/Close/End of Volume enhancements in z/OS V2R2
Using the Object Access Method (OAM) enhancements
Using the new VSAM functions
Using the DADSM/CVAF enhancements
Using the DFSMShsm enhancements
Administering
Administering storage tiers
Using the MIGRATE command to perform class transitions at the volume level
Using the MIGRATE command to perform class transitions at the storage group level
Using the MIGRATE command to perform class transitions at the data set level
Using the MIGRATE command to perform data set moving
Administering distributed tape processing
Using the SETSYS COMMONQUEUE function(CONNECT(basename)) command to connect hosts as members of a functional group in an HSMplex
Using the QUERY COMMONQUEUE command to display requests queued or active in the group's common queue (plus other QUERY options)
Using the DEFINE DUMPCLASS or BACKVOL DUMP command to define the minimum and maximum number of dump copies to stack on a tape volume
Using the UPDTCDS command to update fields in the control data sets
Using ALTERPRI to change the priority of queued requests in the common queue
Administering message simplification
Using the SETSYS FASTREPLICATION command to direct messages to a message data set
Using MESSAGEDATASET with the FRBACKUP and FRRECOV COPYPOOL commands to specify the date and time used in the message data set name
Using the DFSMSrmm enhancements
Using New DFSMS Functions in z/OS V2R1
Using the Advanced Copy Services enhancements
Using the catalog enhancements in z/OS V2R1
Administering
Do Not Allocate a State Data Set as a GDS PDSE
Enable JES3 allocation assist tape TS7700 in DEVSUPxx
Set Up VSAM RLS Directory Only Caching
Using the SMS enhancements
Exploiting clusters and extent pools in SMS volume selection
Providing accurate space statistics
Providing option to suppress SMS messages
Providing an option to guarantee that a PDS is created
Changes to LISTCAT output
Using the Open/Close/End of Volume enhancements in z/OS V2R1
Using the PDSE enhancements
Using the Utility enhancements
Using the Object Access Method (OAM) enhancements
Using VSAM enhancements
Administering
Specifying a value for dynamic volume count
Specifying eligibility for VSAM replication
Specifying VSAM SMB access method bias using a data class
Programming
Using SHOWCB enhancements to display an Access Control Block
Using new attributes collected by DCOLLECT
Using the zEnterprise Data Compression (zEDC) enhancements
Administering
Specifying zEDC compression at the system level
Specifying zEDC compression at the data set level
Using DADSM/CVAF enhancements
Using the DFSMSdss enhancements
Adminstering
Protecting the use of the RESET keyword
Operating
Using the RESET keyword with DFSMSdss commands
Using DEBUG(SMSMSG) with the CONVERTV, COPY and RESTORE commands
Using FCCGVERIFY with the CGCREATED command
Using REPLACEUNCONDITIONAL with the RESTORE command for physical data sets
Specifying zEDC compression for dumps
Using the DFSMShsm enhancements
An overview of storage tiers
Last successful class transition date (LSCTD)
Class transition movement
Copy technique
Data set accessibility
Storage group processing priority
Recall
Reporting
Related tasks
Planning and Installation
Planning to use the DFSMShsm enhancements
Planning to use storage tiers
Administering
Administration tasks for storage tiers
Specifying class transition processing for interval migration and on-demand migration
Specifying the SERIALIZATION EXIT setting for interval migration and on-demand migration
Using the MIGRATIONSUBTASKS parameter with the DFSMShsm SETSYS command
Operating
Operation tasks for storage tiers
Tracking Class Transition Processing
Using the existing primary space management, interval migration, and on-demand migration processing commands
Operation tasks for serviceability and usability enhancements
Using the RECYCLETAKEAWAYRETRY(YES | NO) parameter with DFSMShsm SETSYS command
Using the SELECT(RECYCLETAKEAWAY) subparameter with the DFSMShsm LIST command
Using the (TAPECOPY | RECYCLE) subparameter with the DFSMShsm SETSYS command
Using the RECOVERRESET keyword with the DFSMShsm DEFINE DUMPCLASS command
Using the NEWNAME parameter with the DFSMShsm FRRECOV command
Operation tasks for zEDC compression
Using the ZCOMPRESS parameter with the DFSMShsm DEFINE DUMPCLASS command
Using the ZCOMPRESS parameter with the DFSMShsm SETSYS command
Using the DFSMSrmm enhancements
Trademarks
Glossary