SYS1.VOLCAT.VGENERAL is generally the default name for the TCDB tape configuration dataset.
"A general VOLCAT contains all tape library entries and any tape volume entries that do not point to a specific VOLCAT. Each system can have access to only one general VOLCAT. You must define the general VOLCAT prior to bringing the tape libraries online." OM - check section 1.3.2 of the 'DFSMS Access Method Services for Catalogs' manual for information on splitting / merging tape catalogs. James F. Smith -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kenneth E Tomiak Sent: 18 July 2007 10:25 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Repro Mergecat of Volcats On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:22:02 -0500, Om Prakash Thangavelu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi All, > > We would like to split our SYS1.VOLCAT.VGENERAL into specific volcats >(SYS1.VOLCAT.Vx). Anyone out there has done it in the past. Please share >your comments or some sample jcl. > >We are thinking of doing a Repro mergecat with volumeentries specified, to >merge from the VGENERAL into a newly defined/allocated specific volcat Vx. >Will this work ... > >Thanks for any answers or comments. > >Om Prakash What is a VOLCAT? Your name for a user catalog? I would think yuo should stop trying to use catalogs by volume and use a high level qualifier a.k.a ALIAS. Then define your user catalogs to have some application meaning and not a volume name. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
