Yeah, I also expect a VVDS should have been cataloged under either MCAT or UCAT. However, there is a VVDS, it cannot be shown when I input 'SYS1.VVDS' under DSLIST, but it can be found if I input 'SYS1.VVDS.Vxxxxxx' (full name) under DSLIST. Even the VVDS can be seen under DSLIST with full name search, I didn't see a "*VSAM*" Cluster entry (only a Data Component entry there). In addition, when I issue a 'LISTC ENT(/) ALL' command against the Data Component of that VVDS, it can't tell me where the VVDS is cataloged. So that's why I suspect the VVDS is not cataloged anywhere.....
Paul On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:18:15 -0500, Tom Marchant <m42tom- [email protected]> wrote: >On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:40:42 -0500, Paul Ip wrote: >> >>I know VVDS can be created Implicltly when a NON-SMS VSAM or a SMS >>VSAM/nonVSAM is created under a 'NEW' volume. >>However, It seems to me that the VVDS (an ESDS itself) is not required to be >>cataloged (meanwhile, some of VVDS are under catalog [MCAT] since we've >>run a IDCAMS DEFINE Explicltly) > >IIRC, the VVDS must be cataloged in any catalog that contains data sets on >that volume which are in the VVDS. If you create a data set that is >cataloged in the master catalog, the VVDS will be cataloged in the master >catalog. If you create a data set that is cataloged in a user catalog, the >VVDS wil be cataloged in the user catalog. > >> >>Can anyone give me an advice on which manual tells us that a VVDS (an ESDS >>itself) can be defined without under a catalog (while Using Datasets just tell >>not have to be under Master Catalog) > >You might try "managing catalogs" or "using data sets". Or do a search for >VVDS in the DFSMS bookshelf. > >-- >Tom Marchant > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
