Thank you all for the information.

DEFINE CL (NAME(cluster) VOLUME(volser) LINEAR RECATALOG

Did the trick.


On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Staller, Allan <[email protected]>wrote:

> If the clusters are not currently defined, no problem. DEFINE CL
> (NAME(cluster) VOLUME(volser) LINEAR RECATALOG). (All ZFS's are Linear
> VSAM).
>
> If they are currently defined, there are 2 solutions to this:
>
> 1) Move the HLQ (presumably OMVS) to a UCAT and provide uniqueness at
> qualifier 2  or "lower level" qualifiers. I use the LLQ.
> Remember to modify BPXPRM** to include the files/mountpoints.
>
> 2) Alter the files to SYS1. This will allow RECATALOG to function. Only
> datasets with SYS1 or PAGE as the HLQ can be handled w/DEFINE RECATALOG.
> Step one may have to be performed as  temporary measure to get from here
> to there.
>
> The SERVERPAC does create the ZFS's w/ALLOC, however this can also be done
> in JCL. (sample below).
>
> //DEFINE   EXEC   PGM=IDCAMS
> //SYSPRINT DD     SYSOUT=X
> //SYSIN    DD     *
>   DEFINE CLUSTER (NAME(clustername          ) -
>    LINEAR CYL(xxxxx 0)      SHAREOPTIONS(3,3)  -
>    ...                   -
>                                                       ))
> //* Format VSAM Linear Data Set as ZFS Multiple File System Aggregate
> //TMP      EXEC   PGM=IOEAGFMT,REGION=0M,
> // PARM=('-aggregate clustername        -compat -size 900720 -grow xxxxxx')
> //*STEPLIB DD DISP=SHR,DSN=hlq.SIOELMOD    <--LOADLIB FOR ZFS     if not
> in LNKLST/LPALST
> //SYSPRINT DD   SYSOUT=X
> //STDOUT   DD   SYSOUT=X
>
>
> HTH,
>
> <snip>
> I have a copy of a DASD volume that contains some OMVS (ZFS) filesystems.
> I realized that I cannot use ISPF 3.4 to catalog the dataset.  I get a
> VSAM DATA SET error.  Looking in at DFSMS AMS I find a RECATALOG option for
> a couple of DEFINEs.  But the ZFS files are created via ALLOC and not a
> DEFINE CLUSTER.  The ALLOC does not appear to have a RECATALOG option.
>
> Is there a way to get these OMVS/ZFS files cataloged?
> </snip>
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