Only if you want to use the catalog to find the datasets later. And you should perform the uncatalog before the rename. The block command feature in ISPF 3.4 make both tasks very easy.
If the volume is managed by SMS, you will need to convert it to unmanaged before the uncatalog and convert it back after the recatalog > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of ibmm...@foxmail.com > Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2018 12:21 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: reformat volume id > > Hi all > > We want to change a volume id from xxxxxx to yyyyyy using reformat command. > > Our question : > > After changing volume id, we online the volume. > > Because there are many datasets, do we need to uncatalog each dataset on the > volume and > then recatalog them? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
