Why does CA PDSMAN with IEBCOPY expand the directory of a PDS and IEBGD does not?
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Why does CA PDSMAN with IEBCOPY expand the directory of a PDS and IEBGD does not?

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Article ID: 94750

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PDSMAN

Issue/Introduction

Using IEBCOPY and IEBDG IBM utilities. CA PDSMAN will expand the director of a update for a PDS when using IEBCOPY but not for IEBDG.

Why does CA PDSMAN with IEBCOPY expand the directory of a PDS and IEBGD does not?

Environment

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

Why does IEBCOPY expand the directory and IEBGD does not - that's because PDSM/FASTCOPY will front-end IEBCOPY and check before starting the copy to make sure enough directory blocks are present. CA PDSMAN does not front-end IEBDG, so CA PDSMAN cannot make that check up front.