One more point:None of SMS-managed datasets are in the master catalog- all are in user catalogs, which may be connected to multiple master cats of courseDavid
On Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 01:22:32 PM EST, David Purdy <[email protected]> wrote: To expand - indirect cataloging AKA indirect volume serial support, allows dynamic resolution of non-VSAM non-SMS managed datasets and multiple master catalogs David On Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 01:15:31 PM EST, Dave Gibney <[email protected]> wrote: For what it's worth, I think the last time I did a new master catalog was before OS390 > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of David Purdy > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2025 7:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: ZOS SMS Datasets Migration? > > I've used RCNVTCAT/TCNVTCAT a lot when building a new master catalog > Exploring Tivoli ACM to accomplish the same David > On Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 10:08:40 AM EST, Matthew Stitt > <[email protected]> wrote: > > SYS1 HLQ datasets have a special catalog option available. They can be > cataloged in multiple master catalogs at the same time. > > This is how I migrate my SYS1 stuff to the new systems without copying them. > > Look up SCONVCAT (RCONVCAT) in file 494 on the CBT Tape > (CBTTAPE.ORG). Can compare catalogs and generate IDCAMS commands to > catalog datasets into the new catalog. > > Matthew > > On Mon, 17 Nov 2025 22:12:45 -0600, Steve Estle <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >I'm in midst of building out new ZOS 2.5 system via ServerPac - migrating > from ZOS 2.4. Built out new ServerPac with new master catalog and then tried > to migrate over SMS (ACDS, SCDS, COMMDS) from old catalog to new and > only method I could come up was to clone (used FDRDSF to copy two of them > and then SMS to make copy of 3rd. (they are all SYS1 prefixed datasets) - so > created new SMS datasets with different names from current ones and then > copied existing contents to new datasets and then IPLed this morning. > > > >Well quickly found out that internally SMS datasets have references to the > original dataset names internally which led to SMS not being able to > initialize. > > > >How do you ZOS / SMS experts handle such SMS dataset migrations between > two master catalogs? Obviously I'm not going about this the right way. And > yes, I do have an open ticket with IBM as well but wanted to throw this out to > group??? > > > >Thanks - all answers / suggestions are welcome. > > > >Steve Estle > >CDW > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
