Executing the PDSMAN Command Processor (PDSM19) in a Batch Environment results in a S66D abend.

Products

• PDSMAN

Issue/Introduction

Running the following job results in an abend S66D with reason code 31, 'no TSO environment available'.

//DELETE     EXEC PGM=PDSM19                         
//PDSMPDS     DD   DISP=SHR,DSN=my.pds.dataset
//PDSMRPT     DD   SYSOUT=*                           
//SYSIN       DD   *                                  
DELETE ABC                                            
/*    

Environment

Release: PDSMA100200-7.7-PDSMAN-PDS Library Management-ONE COMPONENT
Component:

Resolution

PDSM19 is a TSO Command Processor that requires a TSO environment for execution.

This document describes how to properly execute PDSM19 in the batch environment.

The PDSMAN (alias of PDSM19) TSO Command Processor provides a useful set of subcommands to display and modify library members.

PDSM19 is intended primary for use from the TSO ready prompt, ISPF Option 6, or option 1 from the PDSMAN ISPF Master Menu.

However, it can be executed in batch as shown in the following JCL:

                                                      
//PDSM19   EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,TIME=1440,DYNAMNBR=30,REGION=3072K
//SYSTSPRT  DD SYSOUT=A                                         
//SYSTSIN   DD   *                                              
PDSM19 'my.pds.dataset'                                       
DELETE ABC                                                   
/*
 

Note that there are other options for deleting members in a batch job, such as the PDSMAN FastCopy EDITDIR function, that are preferred to using PDSM19.

 

Additional Information

For more information about PDSM19 please refer to the chapter "PDSMAN Command Processor" in the CA-PDSMAN PDS Library Management - Productivity Tools Reference.