Check out IMPORT function of IDCAMS
also this tech doc could be helpful http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1II13354 A quick case opened to CA CREWS will probably get you answers that might help expand on the use of this product. Lizette -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jake anderson Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 7:45 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Catalog Rebuild JCL Hello Lizette, This is for the system from where we perform the catalog resize. So for other systems how do we get the aliases pointing to their Master catalog ? On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Lizette Koehler <stars...@mindspring.com>wrote: > Reposting without the FILE: added > > > > Question: Looking for example of a restore on a catalog and its aliases? > > Answer: > > Here is an example of a restore for one catalog and its aliases: > //RESTORE JOB > //STEP EXEC PGM=CREWS > //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=A > //RESTORE DD DSN=BACKUP.CATALOGS(-1),DISP=OLD //SYSIN DD * RESTORE > ALIAS > CAT(CATALOG.MVSICF1.VSYSC06) > > > Sorry for the File Insert. Do not know where that came from > > Lizette > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 6:33 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Catalog Rebuild JCL > > Jake, > > Have you contacted CA Support for CREWS. Any product I have seen that > does CATALOG has support for your functions. That includes TREX and > Catalog Recovery Plus > > So, a quick search on the CA Website provided > > > Question: Looking for example of a restore on a catalog and its aliases? > > Answer: > > Here is an example of a restore for one catalog and its aliases: > file://RESTORE JOB > file://STEP EXEC PGM=CREWS > file://SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=A > file://RESTORE DD DSN=BACKUP.CATALOGS(-1),DISP=OLD file://SYSIN DD * > RESTORE ALIAS > CAT(CATALOG.MVSICF1.VSYSC06) > > > Lizette > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Jake anderson > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 6:25 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Catalog Rebuild JCL > > I agree the aliases do Point to Master catalog. Here I do not use > IDCAMS but I use CA CREW for catalog Resize. So for other system I > have to perform a Redefine of aliases and Yes in our plex we have > master catalog defined for each system and Usercatalogs are shared > across the system. So for defining an alias I must be generating a > IDCAMS control card using where I mention like : > > DEF ALIAS(NAME('ALIASNAME') REL('USERCATALOG) , so if I run this JCL > on each system then the mastercatalog parameter is not required. > > So Just looking for a rexx exec which can extract the list from a PS > file(where only alias name is present) and prepare a control card for > IDCAMS. > > > On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Hervey Martinez < > hervey.marti...@custserv.com> wrote: > > > Jake, > > > > The alias' are in the master catalog not in the user catalog. If you > > have multiple master catalogs, then the user cat needs to be > > detached from the other masters before you do the resize and after > > the re-org; then, it has to be re-connected back to those same masters. > > > > Regards, > > > > Hervey > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jake anderson > > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 8:57 AM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: Catalog Rebuild JCL > > > > Hello, > > > > I am in the process of re-sizing a user catalog and I see there are > > almost > > 2000+ aliases defined to it. This is for one of our plex where we > > 2000+ have > > 2000+ 4 > > systems and I understand during restore the aliases will be too > > restored on the system where I am running the JCL(for catalog resize). > > For other System I have to prepare a define alias JCL for 2000+ aliases. > > > > I am looking for some REXX which can help me in extracting the > > aliases and prepare control card to re-define the same aliases > > pointing to the Usercatalog. > > > > Could someone point me to some sample Rexx which can help me ? > > > > Jake ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
