Hello Everyone, I have posted this to the IBM Mainframe and IBM Assembler lists.
I was wondering if anyone has ever written a program to read the CA-1 Tape Catalog for a generic name? In a nutshell, what I am wanting to do is look up in the catalog all entries for a GDG base name. Currently my program issues a call to the IBM Catalog Search Interface (CSI) program, IGGCSI00, passing the GDG name and I get back all entries that are currently cataloged. However, if I go to CA-1's TSO Inquiry panel and put in the GDG name modified to have a low level qualifier of "-" (CA-1's equivalent of "*"), I get back 621 entries. Since the GDG is defined to have 150 entries, that's all I'll ever get, via MVS services. However, as can be seen, there are more tapes available. I have read thru the CA-1 Tape Management Programming Guide, and there appear to be numerous macros that can be used to access the catalog, but the narratives for the macros leave something to be desired in the name of clarity when one isn't a CA-1 expert. And, before you ask, yes, I have asked CA-1 support for help but I am getting the run around from them. For whatever reason, they just don't want to seem to help. It may be a level 1 protecting level 2 situation, or it may just be they don't want to take the time to educate the user community. Whatever the reason, I need to look for alternative assistance. So, if anyone has a snippet or three of code to OPEN, READ and CLOSE the CA-1 catalog looking for a dataset name, I would appreciate it if you would be willing to share. Thanks in advance, Chuck Charles (Chuck) Hardee<mailto:[email protected]> Senior Systems Engineer/Database Administration EAS Information Technology Thermo Fisher Scientific 300 Industry Drive | Pittsburgh, PA 15275 Phone +1 (724) 517-2633 | Mobile +1 (412) 877-2809 | FAX: +1 (412) 490-9230 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> | www.thermofisher.com WORLDWIDE CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: Dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient, or an employee or agent of a system responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please inform the sender and delete all copies.
