Good ideas John, The problem is that on both lpars the master catalogs are the same names and the datasets on the test lpar are in the master catalog.
I know I shouldn't ask but what is a USER VSAM dataset doing in a mastercat? Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

