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Posted: **Tue Dec 10, 2019 5:27 pm**

Hi all. Sorry in forwards if I put this in the wrong place, but I think this problem needs to be fixed through using JCL.

I am looking for a way to tell the number of datasets which have a certain management class.
For example: MGMT01 -> 3456 datasets.
I'd like to check some management classes which are in scope for deletion, if they really have 0 datasets (in other words I want to make sure that no datasets use that management class).

Is it possible to do that? I looked at some listcat and idcams dcollect related stuff, but I don't seem to be able to find anything that can help me with this task.

Thank you in forwards for your time and tips (if you have any that could help).

Posted: **Wed Dec 11, 2019 12:46 am**

The easiest solution is to run DCOLLECT and then process the D type records from the DCOLLECT output file.

The D type records will have information of datasets including their Management classes.
By summarizing the D type records you could identify the number of datasets in a Management Class.

Posted: **Wed Dec 11, 2019 4:06 pm**

IMO... the fastest way should be to use the ISMF application

the permissions to use the ISMF application are certainly less than the permissions needed to run a DCOLLECT

Posted: **Wed Dec 11, 2019 6:37 pm**

enrico-sorichetti wrote:IMO... the fastest way should be to use the ISMF application

the permissions to use the ISMF application are certainly less than the permissions needed to run a DCOLLECT

Could you specify a bit more in detail? I checked ISMF but I didn't find anything that could be used for this purpose. The management classes can be listed, you can't see if they are used by anything or not.

Posted: **Wed Dec 11, 2019 7:11 pm**

ISMF provides a Dataset listing facility with a pretty sophisticated filtering capability

Posted: **Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:02 pm**

I have found a solution, I'll post it here for everyone who would need something similar.

For the data collection part:

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//STEP1    EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//OUTDS    DD DSN=&&DATASETS,
//            DCB=(RECFM=VB,LRECL=644,BLKSIZE=0),
//            SPACE=(CYL,(500,100),RLSE),DISP=(,KEEP,KEEP)
//SYSIN    DD     *
DCOL OFILE(OUTDS) ELIMIT(30) NOVOLUMEINFO -
STORAGEGROUP(<every storage group present on the system>)

//* This first part collects data from every storage group on the sytem and then puts it into a temporary data set.

//STEP2   EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,DYNAMNBR=99,REGION=0M
//SYSEXEC  DD DSN=&SYSUID..DCOL.CNTL,DISP=SHR
//INDS     DD DSN=&&DATASETS,DISP=SHR
//OUTDS    DD DSN=<your output ds name>,DISP=(,CATLG),
//            SPACE=(CYL,(300,100),RLSE),
//            DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=1600)
//SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSTSIN  DD *
 %DCOLR

//* This second part "filters" the temporary dataset and creates a formatted dataset which will contain the list of datasets that use the management class(es) chosen in the "DCOLR", which is actually a REXX.
 

DCOLR:

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/* REXX */
Z = 0
DO FOREVER
 IF RC > 0 THEN LEAVE
 "EXECIO 1 DISKR INDS "
 PULL RECORD
 MC = SUBSTR(RECORD,199,8)
 IF MC = "<mcname1>" !,
    MC = "<mcname2>" THEN DO         /* You can add as many management classes as you want, here I set 2 */
  NAME = SUBSTR(RECORD,25,44)
  Z = Z + 1
  IR.Z = NAME MC
 END
END
"EXECIO 0 DISKR INDS (FINIS"
"FREE F(INDS)"
"EXECIO * DISKW OUTDS (STEM IR. FINIS"
"FREE F(OUTDS)"
 

It might not be perfect, but in my current question it works (concerned about the larger number of storage groups).

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