Thanks to this thread, I learned about the special 'RECATALOG exception' granted to SYS1 data sets. Wow. OTOH the main reason I never knew this is that I have never attempted multiple catalog ownership. Our master catalogs and other system VSAM live on 'permanent' volumes that do not participate in software installation or migration. We have used the very same master catalog(s), page and SMF data sets, etc. for decades.
Many questions on IBM-MAIN over the years have been motivated by complications from migrating a new master catalog along with each new OS release. I have a simple-minded approach to such issues: if it hurts, stop doing it. The master catalog on our main production sysplex has a creation date of 1983.193, IIRC the era when Integrated Catalog Facility emerged. That was the last time we needed a new master catalog. . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile [email protected] From: Mainframe Mainframe <[email protected]> To: [email protected], Date: 06/11/2014 07:07 AM Subject: Re: Dataset in Two master catalog Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> Thanks for suggestion. I am able to recatalog all required datasets. On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 7:28 PM, Matthew Stitt <[email protected]> wrote: > I usually use a favorite REXX program named RCNVTCAT from the CBT tape ( > www.cbttape.org), file 542. I find it does a fairly good > job of generating the IDCAMS control statements to build the entries for > cataloging. It also does a good job at comparing two catalogs and building > the control cards which can be used to make the two catalogs equal. > > Matthew > > On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 13:37:20 +0000, Staller, Allan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > //DDSMF001 DD DISP=OLD,UNIT=SYSALLDA,VOL=SER=SMF001 > //SYSIN DD * > DEFINE CLUSTER( - > NAME(SYS1.SYS9.MAN1) - > VOLUMES(SMF001) - > NONINDEXED - > RECATALOG - > ) - > CATALOG(ZZ.MASTER.CATALOG) > > Should do it. > > <snip> > So, I just drafted sample JCL for SMF dataset recatalog. > > //DDSMF001 DD DISP=OLD,UNIT=SYSALLDA,VOL=SER=SMF001 > //SYSIN DD * > DEFINE CLUSTER( - > NAME(SYS1.SYS9.MAN1) - > VOLUMES(SMF001) - > FILE(DDSMF001) - > CONTROLINTERVALSIZE(4096) - > NONINDEXED - > RECORDSIZE(4086 32767) - > REUSE - > SHAREOPTIONS(2) - > SPANNED - > SPEED - > RECATALOG - > ) - > DATA( - > CYLINDERS(60 0) - > ) - > CATALOG(ZZ.MASTER.CATALOG) > </snip> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
