Or one dataset on 59 DASD volumes. Get one out of order you might have problems.
On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 8:21 AM billogden <billog...@optonline.net> wrote: > > Subject: Re: VTOCs vs. catalogs > > I'm curious whether any of you old-timers can explain why we have both > VTOCs and catalogs. > > Please note that you can have datasets with exactly the same name on > different volumes, but only one can be cataloged. This was (and might still > be) a common practice for sysprogs who try to maintain a system. (I still do > it when it is convenient.) > > Also, it is easy to move a non-VSAM non-SMS volume to a completely different > z/OS system and simply recatalog the datasets (or some of them) on that > volume. > > Bill Ogden > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
