Yikes, I would *NEVER* consider using alias’s. Two things come to mind there is on CBTTAPE.ORG a find replace editor (or use the one that IBM use to give out on the CBPDO, that even might be on CBTAPE its been a while since I went through it. The smart way is to use DAF (on CBTTAPE and find who is referencing them and you can track (mostly) easily who is using them and to tell them to change it. Alias’s will have to be maintained *FOREVER* and no one wants to do that. Mastercats should be reasonably stable. If you must create a new master cat there are some freebie utilities (on CBTTAPE) to read and create the control cards for the new master cat. IMO alias’s are an evil thing that gets out of hand real quickly and become crutch’s.
Ed > On Jun 23, 2016, at 3:33 PM, retired mainframer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > You could consider using dataset aliases. It might eliminate the need for > any JCL changes. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Duc >> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 8:22 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Datasets usage question >> >> Dear listers, >> >> We are changing our DB2 library datasets naming convention, and i would >> like to list all >> datasets usage (essentially *.SDSNLOAD, but ther can be some others) to be >> able to >> change the jcls and others accordingly. >> I know that i can use SMF 14 records to realise this >> >> Do you have any other advice in order allow the change to be as invisible as >> possible ? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
