That's what I finally used to perform the copy. Worked fine.

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------- Original Message -------
On Monday, September 26th, 2022 at 7:11 AM, Radoslaw Skorupka 
<[email protected]> wrote:


> Is it possible to copy LDS dataset using IDCAMS REPRO? (manual is clear
> - yes)
> I mean CI level operations, since there are no records inside.
> Control Intervals are "EF-agnostic", so the source can be non-EF and
> target can be EF.
> 
> So, wouldn't be possible dss would use IDCAMS under the cover?
> 
> --
> Radoslaw Skorupka
> Lodz, Poland
> 
> 
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> 
> W dniu 13.09.2022 o 19:56, Ernesto Figueroa pisze:
> 
> > Ok, yes.
> > 
> > Then that is correct and the way I things should be working. My friend is 
> > the REDBOOK VSAM Demystified…it has a nice section for each of the two 
> > Extended Addressable VS Extended Format.
> > 
> > So, Extended Addressable is typically required to be Extended Format (and 
> > therefore SMS), except for non-SMS LDS (apparently) which can be Extended 
> > Addressable and non-SMS.
> > 
> > So, the 32-byte larger physical block size for extended format data sets 
> > still holds true on why we cannot copy between them.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Ernesto E. Figueroa
> > DFSMSdss Product Owner
> > 
> > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] on behalf of 
> > Mark Jacobs [email protected]
> > Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 10:50 AM
> > To: [email protected] [email protected]
> > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: ADR971E RC 8
> > Let me rephrase that. The LISTC command on the non-SMS managed VSAM LDS has 
> > an attribute of EXT-ADDR, whereas the SMS managed VSAM LDS has both 
> > EXT-ADDR and EXTENDED. I had assumed that EXT-ADDR requires EXTENDED. I'm a 
> > tad confused.
> > 
> > Mark Jacobs
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> > ------- Original Message -------
> > On Tuesday, September 13th, 2022 at 1:29 PM, Ernesto Figueroa 
> > [email protected] wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi Mark, as far as I know SMS is a requirement for extended-format data 
> > > sets.
> > > 
> > > If you were able to create a non-SMS extended format, it would indeed be 
> > > news to me.
> > > Can you show me how you created them and the catalog entries that reflect 
> > > that EA/EF status.
> > > 
> > > Thanks!
> > > 
> > > Ernesto E. Figueroa
> > > DFSMSdss Product Owner
> > > 
> > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] on behalf of 
> > > Mark Jacobs [email protected]
> > > 
> > > Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 9:14 AM
> > > To: [email protected] [email protected]
> > > 
> > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: ADR971E RC 8
> > > I can define an EA/EF VSAM Linear dataset on both SMS and Non-SMS 
> > > volumes. Both are usable and the catalog entries for both reflect their 
> > > EA/EF status.
> > > 
> > > Mark Jacobs
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> > > ------- Original Message -------
> > > On Tuesday, September 13th, 2022 at 12:05 PM, Ernesto Figueroa 
> > > [email protected] wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hi Mark,
> > > > 
> > > > The reason ADRDSSU cannot copy/restore non-SMS extended addressable 
> > > > VSAM LDS data sets to SMS managed extended addressable VSAM LDS is 
> > > > because the non-SMS EA is not an extended-format data set, which 
> > > > requires it to be SMS. The SMS EA is extended-format, and therefore it 
> > > > has an additional 32bytes per physical block. Since the blocks are not 
> > > > the same, we cannot copy/restore tracks between them.
> > > > 
> > > > I hope this answers your question,
> > > > Thanks!
> > > > 
> > > > Ernesto E. Figueroa
> > > > DFSMSdss Product Owner
> > > > 
> > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] on behalf 
> > > > of Mark Jacobs [email protected]
> > > > 
> > > > Date: Monday, September 12, 2022 at 10:55 AM
> > > > To: [email protected] [email protected]
> > > > 
> > > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] ADR971E RC 8
> > > > I got around the problem a different way, but I'd really like to 
> > > > understand why ADRDSSU won't restore(logically dumped) or copy a 
> > > > non-SMS extended addressable VSAM LDS dataset to an SMS managed 
> > > > extended addressable VSAM LDS. Is there something within the physical 
> > > > dataset that's different between it being SMS managed vs not being SMS 
> > > > managed?
> > > > 
> > > > Mark Jacobs
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