Thanks John. The alias for all our restore tapes is TAPEO:
1. Do I define/relate alias to our user catalog in the IDCAMS job or do I 
define/relate the alias to the BRS MASTER CATALOG?
2. If TAPEO is the only alias used until we IPL our system it should be 
sufficient to just define that one alias?
Thanks again.

Think Spring !!!
            
Bob Pelletier
Connecticut Student Loan Foundation
Rocky Hill, Connecticut
> Thanks all for the help all last year. We are planning a 
> disaster recovery test next week. I plan to:
> 1. Init the volumes
> 2. Restore all volumes with our CATALOG datasets on them.
> 3. Run an IMPORT CONNECT on all catalogs to IBMs master catalog.
> 4. Then fireoff all the restores for the volumes.
> What I want to do is have the catalogs from our site be used 
> with our aliases inorder not to have to type hundrds of 
> vol=ser=###### in the restore JCL like last time we went.
> 
> Do I need the IMPORT CONNECT ALIAS on the IMPORT statement of 
> our master catalog on the import to their master or just an 
> IMPORT CONNECT with NO alias parameter to IBMs MASTER 
> CATALOG? Thanks all. I hope I am clear in what I am trying to 
> do here. 
> 
> Think Spring !!!
>             
> Bob Pelletier
> Connecticut Student Loan Foundation
> Rocky Hill, Connecticut

You must do the IMPORT CONNECT, then individual DEF ALIAS commands.
IMPORT CONNECT ALIAS is only used if the catalog is already CONNECTed
and you are reCONNECTing it to change the volser or device type.

<quote>
The specification of ALIAS during an IMPORT CONNECT operation is
intended for cases in which the volume serial information, or device
type, or both, of the user catalog has changed since the DEFINE or
previous IMPORT CONNECT operation. Specifying ALIAS results in an
operation that is similar to an EXPORT DISCONNECT/IMPORT CONNECT
sequence, except that any aliases that are of the user catalog are
preserved.
</quote>

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