I'm not sure how long it's been this way, but I can say for sure that it worked this way in about 1999, because I know I used it then.
>>> Mark Zelden <mzel...@flash.net> 2/23/2010 1:39 PM >>> Thanks. I wonder if I always had this information wrong (that only SYS1 and PAGE HLQs had special treatment) or if something change at some point. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:36:41 -0500, Scott Rowe <scott.r...@joann.com> wrote: >Mark, > >It's not the HLQ, all page datasets can be RECATALOGed, regardless of the name. > >>>> Mark Zelden <mzel...@flash.net> 2/23/2010 9:52 AM >>> >(I hate this... now there is a mixture of top posting and bottom posting, >but since you went "top" last, I will do the same thing). > >So how does that support your statement - "a PAGESPACE, regardless >of the name, can exist in multiple catalogs at the same time"? > >I already stated there was special code for SYS1 *and* PAGE HLQs to be >cataloged in multiple catalogs at the same time. > >Mark >-- >Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS >mailto:mzel...@flash.net >Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html >Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ > > > >On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:39:25 -0600, McKown, John ><john.mck...@healthmarkets.com> wrote: > >>My page datasets all start with PAGE.&SYSNAME..LOCALnn and so on. When I >replace an image, I just do a >> >> DEF PAGESPACE(NAME(PAGE.LIH1.COMMON) - >> FILE(MVSPG3) VOL(MVSPG3) RECATALOG) - >> CAT(CATALOG.ICF.newmastercat) >> >>I don this while they are still in use on the currently running system. And >I don't do a REPORT MERGECAT or anything else. >> >>-- >>John McKown >>Systems Engineer IV >>IT >> >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List >>> [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Zelden >>> Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 1:18 PM >>> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu >>> Subject: Re: catalog a vsam dataset in another catalog ? >>> >>> On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:43:47 -0600, McKown, John >>> <john.mck...@healthmarkets.com> wrote: >>> >>> >> -----Original Message----- >>> >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List >>> >> [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Staller, Allan >>> >> Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 12:35 PM >>> >> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu >>> >> Subject: Re: catalog a vsam dataset in another catalog ? >>> >> >>> >> <snip> >>> >> Also SYS1 has the special attribute of DEFINE RECATALOG >>> allowing the >>> >> definition of the same dataset in 2 different catalogs (just like >>> >> non-VSAMS datasdest). This only applies to datasets with the HLQ of >>> >> SYS1. >>> >> </snip> >>> >> >>> >> I meant to add that with the exception of SYS1, a VSAM >>> >> dataset can only >>> >> exist in 1 catalog at a time. >>> >> >>> >> HTH, >>> > >>> >Actually a PAGESPACE, regardless of the name, can exist in multiple >>> catalogs at the same time too. I do that all the time. >>> > >>> >>> Are you sure? I thought the special code in DFSMS was only for SYS1 >>> and PAGE HLQs. 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