John, The IDCAMS manual states (V1R8 section 3.4): Catalog aliases are defined in the master catalog, which contains an entry for the user catalog. The number of aliases a catalog can have is limited by the maximum record size for the master catalog. If the master catalog is defined with the default record sizes, there is a practical maximum of 3000 aliases per catalog, assuming the aliases are only for high-level qualifiers. If you use multilevel aliases, fewer aliases per catalog can be defined.
We do a count of each user catalog and if the alias count is approaching 3000 we will create a new user catalog. Thanks....Rick -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Dawes Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: CATALOG Quesiton Hallo To All, Is there a way of telling if a USER CAT is near full or full? Thanks. --------------------------------- Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
