On Wed, 2 Jul 2014 06:03:44 -0700, willie bunter wrote: >I am trying to define the VVDS to a specif USERCAT. Is the RECATALOG option >allowed?
The VVDS is part of the catalog. The BCS points to the volume and the data set type. IIRC, all of the other information that you see when you perform a LISTCAT of a data set comes from the VVDS. Originally, VVDS was used only for VSAM data sets. With the introduction of SMS, there came a need to store STORCLAS and MGMTCLAS in the catalog as well. This information is stored in the VVDS. When a data set is allocated on a volume, and that data set requires an entry in the VVDS, Catalog Management ensures that the BCS in which the data set is cataloged also has the VVDS cataloged. The easiest way to define a VVDS in a specific catalog for a non-SMS managed volume is to define a VSAM data set on the volume with a HLQ that will be cataloged on the volume. On an SMS managed volume, you will have to use a STORCLAS with GUARANTEED SPACE, and it can be a non-vsam data set. The data set can then be deleted. In your case, though, since you wrote in a later post that you are simply trying to clean up your catalogs, you could have simply issued a DELETE NOSCRATCH for that catalog of the VVDS. -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
