"Gilbert Saint-Flour" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Hello: > > I am looking for a simple way to rename a VSAM cluster along with its > DATA & INDEX components. Three ALTER commands in an IDCAMS step is the > obvious method, but is there some batch utility program that can do it > in a single command, i.e. without having to specify the old and new > names of the associated objects? Same question for the other > components in a VSAM sphere, i.e. CLUSTERs, AIXs, PATHs. What's the > simplest way to rename the whole sphere just by specifying the name of > the cluster?
There is no guarantee that renaming the cluster name means the component names want to be renamed. And what methodology would we use to rename them? Suppose the new cluster name is 44 chars long? How many levels of qualification would we use? Users have the ability to name their components as they wish (within certain limits), and arbritrarily changing those component names may disrupt utilities or other installation-written programs that they use. They may have a REASON for picking specific component names. Thus, for IDCAMS to arbritrarily rename the components when the cluster name is renamed is extremely dangerous. Thanks, Mark Thomen Catalog/IDCAMS/VSAM Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
