Cathy, You ask why do MLA? It's not my call, the Storage group is the one calling this one as they "own" all the usercats. I've read the quote you mention, in fact I had already sent them the same quote a few weeks ago. I don't know that it is a bad thing. One of the reasons I believe they are looking at it is the fact that our DSN naming conventions put the test vs. prod qualifier as the 2nd level in the data set name. We'd love to change this, and maybe will for new datasets, but there is no project on the books to go back and retrofit. I think the push is to separate test from production in the catalog structure as well.
You make a comment about dataset aliases. I have not read(have not tried that hard yet), but do aliases have to be in the same catalog as the base dataset? I'm still looking for more feedback from the list population on this topic. Thanks, Dave ________________________________________________________ Dave Jousma Principal Systems Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 616.653.8429 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cathy Taddei Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 2:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Multi-level Alias Hi Dave. I too have an unpleasant taste in my mouth from multi-level aliases. I don't remember a lot of the details, but they were a PITA when I was merging two master catalogs. It didn't help that the shop I was in also made extensive use of dataset aliases, which I detest. One question for you: why are you considering MLA's? Do you recall reading this in z/OS DFSMS: Managing Catalogs: "... the multilevel alias facility should only be used when a better solution cannot be found. The need for the multilevel alias facility can indicate poor data set naming conventions. Before defining multilevel aliases, review your data set naming conventions." If MLA's will solve a problem for you, great, but I wouldn't do it lightly. Regards, Cathy Taddei This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
