On Wed, 17 Jul 2013 16:50:49 -0400, Robert A. Rosenberg wrote:

>Being unable to OPEN/CLOSE is only the tip of the Iceberg.

There are functions other than OPEN/CLOSE that need to use the catalog. 
CATALOG/UNCATALOG and adding another volume to a data set, for example. 
Does CLOSE need to update the catalog?  The VVDS, yes, but the BCS?

>You can
>not do any CI or CA splits either since the backup and reorg will be
>out of sync with the updates.

CA/CI splits of the catalog only occur when the catalog is updated.  If 
you mean CA/CI splits of data sets defined in the catalog, that information 
is recorded in the VVDS, not in the BCS.

-- 
Tom Marchant

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