Prevent ESP Encore from deleting dynamically allocated datasets

Products

• ESP Workload Automation

Issue/Introduction

How do you prevent Encore from deleting dynamically allocated datasets during ENCPARM CLEANUP INITIAL(YES) RESTART(YES) DYNALLOC(YES)

Resolution

Steps to prevent ESP Restart Option from deleting dynamic data sets on specified volumes during a job restart.
   

   1. Issue ENCPARM VOLUME EXCLUDE command.
   2. You can also reverse a prior exclusion of data sets on specified volumes.  Issue the ENCPARM VOLUME INCLUDE command.

Example:
ENCPARM IGNOREDS DSN(--.-ABC-)
ENCPARM NODELETE DDNAME(hlq.xxx.xxx)

Note: ENCPARM NODELETE always overrides ENCPARM CLEANUP.