Ken,
There is a program on the CBT web site (WWW.CBTTAPE.ORG) that has a rename
program that allows you to rename files that are in use. I can't remember
which file it is, but I'm sure that someone will give the number if you
can't find it. There is also a way to do that with ISPF, to give yourself
RACF authority to do renames of datasets in use, but I have never done that.
When I want to make a dataset bigger, I basically allocate a new dataset, so
if SYS1.SERBLINK was full after compressing, I would allocate SYS1.SERBLINN,
without cataloging it. Then, I copy SERBLINK to SERBLINN. Then, I rename
both datasets, using the CBT utility - SERBLINK to SERBLINO and SERBLINN to
SERBLINK. I browse each, and if there are the same number of members, I
delete SERBLINO.
Nothing changes the catalog. As long as you allocate the larger file on the
same pack, once it is renamed to SERBLINK, the catalog will point to the new
dataset. I have been using that for many years, and it always works well.
Eric Bielefeld
Sr. Systems Programmer
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
414-475-7434
----- Original Message -----
From: "Klein, Kenneth" <[email protected]>
Allan, the problem is that the datasets are on the target res vol with
the same name as the dataset on the currently running res vol and they
are catalogged in the master cat. Eg. sys1.serblink, isf..sisfload. I
can iebcopy them to new bigger datasets with new names on the target res
vol but I can't rename them or the current live master cat will be
fubarred.
Ken Klein
Sr. Systems Programmer
Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance - Louisville
[email protected]
502-495-5000 x7011
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