A computer program product for modifying a virtual storage access method (VSAM) data set during open time, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code readable by a processor to cause the processor to:
- open, by the processor, a VSAM data set;
- provide, by the processor, a VSAM dynamic address space associated with the VSAM data set;
- and
- modify, by the processor, a VSAM control block structure for the VSAM data set using the VSAM dynamic address space while the VSAM data set is open during an open time in which static data set characteristics and/or job parameters have been defined for the VSAM data set,
- wherein the computer readable program code that causes the processor to modify the VSAM control block structure further causes the processor to:
- interact with the VSAM data set within the VSAM dynamic address space using a VSAM console interface and/or a VSAM programming interface;
- and
- build a service request block based on the VSAM dynamic address space,
- wherein the service request block modifies the VSAM control block structure within the VSAM dynamic address space.