PDS Support

The platform server supports transfers of libraries between z/OS systems.

The following functions for library transfers are supported:

  • Transfer of individual members.
  • Transfer of complete libraries.
  • Transfer of members with wildcard.
  • Renaming of members that are transferred.
  • Transfer of members between PDS and PDS/E data sets.
  • Transfer of LOADLIBs between PDS data sets.
  • All member directory information is sent along with the member.
  • Alias members are fully supported.
  • Data set allocation attributes are sent to the receiving system.
  • Data set allocation attributes can be overridden.
The two restrictions to platform server PDS support are as follows:
  • The platform server does not write data to a PDS/E program library.
  • The platform server does not send an alias alone without the actual member.
Note: When you attempt to send or receive a library, and the remote system does not support library transfers, the platform server will end the transfer and display a message on both the local and remote systems which indicates that the remote system does not support library transfers. The transfer request is purged from the request queue afterwards.