Yes, and if they are vsam or complex vsam structures (AIX etc) it will be quite complicated. It is simples to create a volume with the new name and move the datasets to the new volume. The utility (DMS, DSS, FDR) will take care of the recatalog work.
Grtn, Kees. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of ibmm...@foxmail.com > Sent: 08 March, 2018 9:21 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: reformat volume id > > Hi all > > We want to change a volume id from xxxxxx to yyyyyy using reformat > command. > > Our question : > > After changing volume id, we online the volume. > > Because there are many datasets, do we need to uncatalog each dataset > on the volume and then recatalog them? > > Thanks a lot! > > Jason Cai > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ******************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
