I tried a pageadd of a newly defined page dataset that was cataloged in a user catalog. It didn't work. The command said it wasn't cataloged even though a listcat command was able to find it using the MLA in the master catalog. I didn't try an IPL with it in parmlib. I assumed that if the pageadd failed, it wouldn't work at IPL time either.
Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get&[email protected] On Thursday, November 23rd, 2023 at 7:12 PM, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: > Are you saying that PAGEADD will work with alias entries and that the added > datasets will be retained across IPL? > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי > > > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] on behalf of Jon > Perryman [email protected] > > Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2023 3:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Page Datasets in User Catalog > > On Wed, 22 Nov 2023 22:35:13 +0000, Seymour J Metz [email protected] wrote: > > > I suspect that there was a game of telegraph, whereby crucial details got > > lost. > > > > It is normal to allocate page datasets in a user catalog that will > > eventually be used as a master catalog. > > I'm suspicious of the claim that z/OS can use a page dataset that is not in > > its own master catalog, but I can't rule it out. > > > There are definitely crucial details lost. Page and swap are special > datasets. For instance, a page dataset can be in multiple catalogs (I think > using recatalog). Only page datasets specified in PARMLIB must be in the > master catalog. Without details, we're only guessing how it's being used. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
