First, I don't usually put OEM stuff in the master catalog unless it absolutely positively has to be there. OEM stuff is better of in a usercat. Doing so makes it easier to get to those products from other systems with other mastercats.
Second, you can avoid this issue in the future by abandoning the process of building a new master catalog for each new release of the operating system. To handle your situation now you could just DEFINE entries in the 1.7 mastercat for the data sets that you need. This would work only for non-VSAM entries. For VSAM data sets, you can do a DEFINE RECATALOG, but only if the high-level qualifier is SYS1. To help build new entries for the 1.7 mastercat, you could check out Alistair Gray's REXX-based RCNVTCAT (or is it RCATCNVT?) on the CBT 'tape'. Don Imbriale -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel McLaughlin Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 8:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Catalog Question I've been digging in the archives, haven't hit this yet. We're starting to test 1.7, have 1.4 in production and on our sandbox. I want to be able to use some HLQs that are in the 1.4 mastercat so I can get to my OEM stuff on 1.7. I'm not ready for the mergecat step just yet, at least I don't think so. Should I just import/connect the 1.4 master to the 1.7 master, do my testing, then unhook the 1.4 master and do the mergecat prior to cutover? It may seem like a rookie question, but in the past I was not the lead on this type of project and my mentors were not apt to divulge this type of process, for whatever reason. *********************************************************************** Bear Stearns is not responsible for any recommendation, solicitation, offer or agreement or any information about any transaction, customer account or account activity contained in this communication. *********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
