<<<<My opinion is that if your system has more than one user catalog, and the dataset that you are trying to create has got no alias, and if the dataset can be allocated in non sms volume.. I believe the answer is yes... Apologies if my thoughts are wrong.. >>>>
Its NOT Correct ! First of all , alias has nothing to do here .Irrespective of whether dataset has an alias or not , as long as the original dataset is out there in APF list it gets authorized . You specify either VOLUME=XXXXXX or SMS and it works either way ! For the OP , the answer is yes . You can have multiple datasets with the same name in APF list if they are on different volumes . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN