REPRO MERGECAT would move the entries that are OPEN, but would get an error when attempting to remove the record from the SOURCE catalog. But, the real problem for these OPEN datasets (assuming they are VSAM) is twofold. Assuming you moved the entries for these OPEN files to another catalog:
1. If an I/O causes an extent, the I/O would fail as VSAM has the catalog's ACB address in an OPEN control block. This was established when the file was opened and will thus point to the original source catalog. Since the records for this dataset now reside in a different catalog, the I/O fails. 2. Part of the SYSVSAM ENQ RNAME structure contains the catalog name. If you move an entry that is OPEN to another catalog, you just violated the entire SHAREOPTION functionality. For example, if your dataset is defined with SHR(2,3) and the file is currently opened for OUTPUT, once you move the entries to another catalog, another user would be able to successfully open the same file for output. You would now have 2 users who have opened the same file for OUTPUT and the file is defined with SHR(2,3). Sorry to say, but you would need a vendor tool to accomplish the move while datasets are OPEN. Dino-Software has such a tool: Teradon. I'd be happy to discuss this with you offline. Feel free to call and/or email me anytime. Larry Crilley Dino-Software Corporation 800.480.DINO 412.366.3566 <outbind://92-000000000C19A532C55CD94285A5E250EF9EC5A7445E7B00/www.dino-soft ware.com> www.dino-software.com <blocked::blocked::http://www.dino-software.com/trex_factsheet.php> T-REX - Superior ICF catalog mgmt with full Tape support and HSM Auditing <blocked::blocked::http://www.dino-software.com/reorgadon_factsheet.php> REORGadon - First ever online REORG for HSM <blocked::blocked::http://www.dino-software.com/teradon_factsheet.php> TERADON - First ever REPRO MERGECAT While-OPEN <blocked::blocked::http://www.dino-software.com> XTINCT - Secure DASD/TAPE data eradication <blocked::blocked::http://www.dino-software.com/rtd_factsheet.php> RTD - DASD Real Time Defrag <blocked::blocked::http://www.dino-software.com/dal_details.php> DAL - DINO healthcheck Analysis service for Legato <blocked::blocked::http://www.dino-software.com/sentinel_factsheet.php> SENTINEL - Real-time FTP Management. All Secure, all the time. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Martin, Mike Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 10:22 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Moving Catalog Entries All, I am looking for a way to move ICF catalog entries from one catalog to another. I have thousands of entries to move because we are restructuring our catalogs. I know I can use REPRO MERGECAT, but we have MANY datasets that are in-use on this production system. Is there a better way than REPRO MERGECAT for moving production catalog entries on a live system? I would like to be able to do these moves during our normal production window (no additional downtime). Any thoughts/ideas are greatly appreciated. Mike Martin </PRE>This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. Personal emails are restricted by policy of the State Employees' Credit Union (SECU). Therefore SECU specifically disclaims any responsibility or liability for any personal information or opinions of the author expressed in this email. </P> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
