<snip> I meant to add that with the exception of SYS1, a VSAM dataset can only exist in 1 catalog at a time. </snip>
I must have missed this one too, when did IBM remove PAGE HLQ from this list? I thought that the original OP wanted to keep the COD separate from his running system, so I thought that the ServPac type Alias to his COD catalogue would be appropriate. I'm not sure how this thread went off into SYS1 but .... Jack Kelly 202-502-2390 (Office) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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