We haven't had model DSCB's in a very long time. It doesn't take LIKE. 
A DEFAULT DATACLAS that actually  specifies very little works just fine. 

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> On Behalf Of Tom Marchant
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 10:29 AM
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> Subject: Re: VSAM file as GDS
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> On Thu, 22 Jun 2017 13:11:20 +1000, Wayne Bickerdike wrote:
> 
> >Just take off the LIKE parameter. The GDG should have a model DSCB. Why
> >make things so hard?
> 
> The "Model DSCB" is an uncataloged data set with the same name as the GDG,
> located on the volume that holds the catalog containing the GDG. As such, it
> is incompatible with SMS, and it cannot be used with SMS-managed data sets.
> 
> LIKE and its cousins are the recommended way to do it with SMS.
> 
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> Tom Marchant
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