Hi Mike, Is there some reason why you cannot do a logical dataset DUMP in the 1.7 image and then do a RESTORE with CATALOG in the 1.11 image? Allan Staller mentions this and I believe it to be the easiest solution.
Regards, Alan -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ward, Mike S Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 12:12 To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: VSAM FILE CATALOGING Hello all, We currently have a z/OS V1.7 that we will be migrating to V1.11. I have 169 volumes that I want to copy to the z/OS V1.11 system and use for testing purposes. These volumes contain our Quality Assurance datasets both VSAM and Sequential. We are not sharing disks or catalogs for obvious reasons. We have a usercat set up on the V1.11 system that contains the alias of these files. I can do a disk to disk copy of the volumes to the V1.11 system then vary those volumes online to the V1.11 system and vary offline to the V1.7 system. Getting the volumes to the V1.11 system for testing isn't the issue. What I need to do is catalog the files that are on those volumes to the V1.11 user catalog. I can do the sequential files via ISPF if I need to, but I'm not sure of the vsam files especially those files that span volumes and not just extents. Has anyone had any experience with cataloging multi extent or multi volume vsam files in this fashion? Any help would really be appr! eciated, and any gotcha's would be appreciated also. Thanks in advance. ========================== This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
