Thanks, Tom and Lizette for your quick response . Lizette, I'm trying this in sanbox where i will going to run my product which was installed already in SYSA , i would like to use all the product dataset's in SYSB for testing .I alredy transferred VOLUME(contain all product dataset) to sysB . though i have volume i'm not able to fetch the dataset since they are not cataloged. So i thought of going alternate master catalog .
+ JD + On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 8:41 AM, Lizette Koehler <stars...@mindspring.com> wrote: > What problem are you trying to solve? > > Creating an alt master cat and importing it to a new system may only fix > some of your issues. > > Consider the master catalog like the ROOT in Unix. It controls where > things can be found in z/OS. It is the key to the IPL Process. If > anything is not correct in the MCAT then an IPL may not work. > > > There is a manual on working with catalogs. And if this is not a sandbox > - that is - if this system cannot take outages if there are issues you > should take care there could be challenges by doing this. > > It helps if you have a system programmer sandbox when working with > catalogs. This is an environment where if things get broken, there is not > impact to other work going on in the shop. > > > If there are issues with your catalog, you may need to IPL or other > activities to fix it. For example - catalog recovery processes > > If you are not the system programmer, you should contact the one at your > shop. They can help you with your activities and reduce potential > problems. This list does not know your shop or your configuration. It can > only provide guidance based on information provided. You system programmer > can be better at helping you with these types of questions. > > When you import the master cat from another system, you cannot not see all > of the datasets. Anything currently cataloged on the new system in the > MasterCat may not be seen. > > If you want datasets that are in the MCAT on SYSA on SYSB and you want are > SYS1.** datasets, then you may not see them on SYSB. > > A catalog is a tree structure. MCAT entries over ride UCAT (user catalog) > entries. > > IMPORT CONNECT does - > > https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1. > 0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.idai200/toc.htm > > The IMPORT command moves or restores a cluster or alternate index, or > restores a catalog. Import a Catalog: Example 2 > > https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1. > 0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.idai200/imicf.htm > > In this example, a catalog, USERCAT4, that was previously exported, is > imported. (See the EXPORT example, Export a Catalog: Example 1.) The > original copy of USERCAT4 is replaced with the imported copy, from the > portable file copy in CATBACK. Access method services finds and deletes the > duplicate name, USERCAT4. Any aliases in the master catalog for USERCAT4 > are preserved. (A duplicate name exists because the catalog was exported > with the TEMPORARY attribute.) Access method services then redefines > USERCAT4, using the catalog information from the portable file, CATBACK. > USERCAT4 is locked to prevent access to anyone except authorized recovery > personnel. > > Another search for CONNECT MASTER CATALOG in www.ibm.com produces many > hits > > https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1. > 0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.e0zb100/migrtas.htm > > Migrating to another system section in z/OS Planning manual. This section > only lists actions you need to take to move a copy of software from one > system to another. It does not list the actions needed to install and > migrate new levels of software. For that information, see other > documentation such as z/OS Migration. > > > > > I went to www.ibm.com and searched on CATALOG MASTERCAT > > http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?crawler=1&uid=isg3T1019473 > > http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1II13354 > > And many other hits. > > I went to http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks.nsf/searchsite?SearchView > > And searched on CATALOG in the REDBOOK site on IBM. > > Many hits that will be helpful > > http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg248262.html?Open > > http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp4212.html?Open > > http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246983.html?Open ** There > are a series of Redbooks called ABC and ABCs and they explain a lot of the > functions in z/OS and how to work with them > > http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246105.html?Open > > > > There are many more. > > Lizette > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > > Behalf Of johnnydeep san > > Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 5:16 AM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: How to use master catalog as user catalog in another system > > > > Hi Team, > > > > As a newbie for mainframe, i may ask simple question but i couldn't track > > right answer in google :) . > > > > > > I have create alternate master catalog on volume ALTVOL1 on SYSA. Please > > guide me , how to use this alternate master catalog of SYSA as a > usercatalog > > in another system SYSB? . since both are different system , Will import > > catalog works ?. > > > > > > + JD + > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
