Multiple ways to do this. A couple that come to mind quickly are: 1. If the disk volume is completely contained on the single volume (ie the catalog only has datasets on this volume and all datasets on this volume are in this catalog) you could EXPORT DISCONNECT this catalog on the current system, either move the volume to the new system or full volume dump/restore the volume onto the new system, then IMPORT CONNECT the catalog on the new system, defining the ALIASes if needed to get to the user catalog.
2. Using DFDSS or FDR do a DUMP of the datasets on the current system, followed by a RESTORE on the new system with CATalog in the restore parms. You will want to make sure the receiving system either has an appropriate user catalog set up to get the datasets re-cataloged properly. I'm sure there are more ways to do this, but a couple quick hits to get you thinking. Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Benjamin Huntsman Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 3:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Moved DASD - import catalog This is a theoretical exercise, and I'm a newbie, so please pardon me if this is basic stuff... Let's say I have a DASD volume on one system, and it has a user catalog on it for all the datasets on the volume, and I want to move this volume to a different system that knows nothing about it currently. How would I go about first, verifying in the user catalog that there aren't going to be any name conflicts with datasets on other volumes, and two, importing the catalog into the receiving system's master? I suppose I could just recatalog everything, but that might be painful, especially for any VSAM datasets... Or would it just be simpler to backup all the datasets on the source system, then restore them onto the target system on a new volume? Many thanks! -Ben ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
