For your future reference: this is not JCL. Those are utility control cards. AMS obviously allows you to bypass normal catalog search order. I was trying to determine how your user did it with JCL as claimed. The answer is he didn't. When describing problems, details are often important.
:>: -----Original Message----- :>: From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On :>: Behalf Of willie bunter :>: Sent: Monday, June 16, 2014 9:13 AM :>: To: [email protected] :>: Subject: Re: DFDSS QUESTION - SEMI URGENT - EXPLANATION :>: :>: Here is how the user bypassed the standard CATALOG search : :>: :>: DEFINE CLUSTER - :>: ( NAME(MRP01.FOCUS.APPLIC.I0001.A001) - :>: LINEAR - :>: REUSE - :>: CYLINDERS(100 200) - :>: SHAREOPTIONS(3 3) ) - :>: DATA - :>: ( NAME(MRP01.FOCUS.APPLIC.I0001.A001) - :>: ) - :>: CATALOG(T10D) :>: :>: By specificying the parm CATALOG(T10D) the CLUSTER was created in the :>: CATALOG where the ALIAS T10D resides in. :>: :>: This floored me because I have never seen this parm with the ALIAS :>: specified in the define cluster. :>: -------------------------------------------- :>: On Fri, 6/13/14, retired mainframer <[email protected]> wrote: :>: :>: Subject: Re: DFDSS QUESTION - SEMI URGENT :>: To: [email protected] :>: Received: Friday, June 13, 2014, 10:15 PM :>: :>: But Willie said it was done in :>: JCL. How? :>: :>: :>: -----Original Message----- :>: :>: From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM- :>: [email protected]] :>: On :>: :>: Behalf Of Skip Robinson :>: :>: Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 3:04 PM :>: :>: To: [email protected] :>: :>: Subject: Re: DFDSS QUESTION - SEMI URGENT :>: :>: :>: :>: To specify a catalog, you have to use IDCAMS DEFINE :>: with the CATALOG :>: :>: parameter. If SAF allows it, you can specify any :>: catalog you choose :>: :>: regardless of normal search order. :>: :>: :>: :>: From: retired mainframer :>: :>: To: [email protected], :>: :>: Date: 06/13/2014 12:16 PM :>: :>: Subject: Re: DFDSS :>: QUESTION - SEMI URGENT :>: :>: Sent by: IBM Mainframe :>: Discussion List <[email protected]> :>: :>: :>: :>: :>: :>: :>: :>: How does a user specify a specific catalog in JCL :>: when defining a :>: :>: dataset? :>: :>: :>: :>: :>: -----Original Message----- :>: :>: :>: From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List :>: [mailto:IBM- :>: :>: [email protected]] :>: :>: On :>: :>: :>: Behalf Of willie bunter :>: :>: :>: Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 9:31 AM :>: :>: :>: To: [email protected] :>: :>: :>: Subject: Re: DFDSS QUESTION - SEMI URGENT :>: :>: :>: :>: :>: :>: I found the cause of the problem. The :>: user defined the dsn in a :>: :>: :>: specific USER CAT. In his JCL he :>: specified the USER CAT name. He :>: :>: broke :>: :>: :>: the house rules of letting the system decide :>: which USER CAT to has :>: :>: to :>: :>: be :>: :>: :>: allocated. Hence when the LISTCATs :>: failed because the system was :>: :>: :>: looking at the default USER CAT. The :>: REPRO MERGECAT of the ALIAS :>: :>: fixed :>: :>: :>: the problem. :>: :>: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- :>: For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access :>: instructions, :>: send email to [email protected] :>: with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN :>: :>: :>: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- :>: For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, :>: send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
