"Edward E. Jaffe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Restoring a system from DSS logical dump using the following: > > RESTORE DS(INCLUDE(**)) INDD(INDD1) OUTDYNAM(xxxxxx) - > BYPASSACS(**) RECATALOG(other.systems.mcat.name) - > NMC NSC IMPORT TOLERATE(ENQFAILURE) REPLACE > > The new system's catalog is connected to the driving system's catalog. > RESTORE fails for the VSAM data sets as follows: > > ADR485E (ttt)-mmmmm(yy), CATALOG catalog_name IS NOT IN > STEPCAT/JOBCAT/MASTERCAT STRUCTURE. DATA SET dsname WILL NOT BE > PROCESSED > > Explanation: The NONSMS cluster named in the message required DFSMSdss to > use IDCAMS or VSAM I/O to perform the COPY or RESTORE. This requires that > both the source and target cluster (allocated by DFSMSdss) be accessible > via the catalog structure.
> > I need to find an alternative to JOBCAT/STEPCAT for this RESTORE. Any ideas? The answer is to use a concept of System Specific Aliases, like Serverpac does. Create an alias in your current master catalog that points to the target catalog (lets call is ABC). Instead of RECATALOG in the DSS job, use RENAME(ABC.**). This will create the data sets on the target catalog as ABC data sets. After that is complete, you can use the IDCAMS ALTER, which allows some generic processing in the name to rename them. For example, ALTER ABC.* NEWNAME(SYS1.*) You may have to use a few ALTER commands to get them renamed, but with the use of the generic "*" this should not be too difficult. The entry name (and newname) can only contain a single asterisk, so consult the IDCAMS manual under ALTER and check the link for "entryname" to see how it can be specified. The problem is that the data set must be allocated and opened, and unless the name can be found by going through the standard search order Allocation won't work, and OPEN won't work. See the DSS manual for more information on the renaming capabilities and your options. 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
