z/OS V1R6.0 DFSMS Access Method Services for Catalogs

LISTCAT OutputASN: Associations GroupThis group lists the type (cluster or data, for example) and entry names of theobjects associated with the present entry. A cluster or alternate index entry willindicate its associated path entries and data and index (if a key-sequenced data set)entries. Similarly, an index or data entry will indicate its associated cluster or thealternate index of which it is a component.vvvvvvvvvvvvvAn alias entry points to:– Its associated non-VSAM data set entry. If the associated entry is a symbolicassociation (for example, defined with the SYMBOLICRELATE keyword),both the unresolved and resolved values will be listed. The resolved valuewill be the value resulting from using the symbols defined on the system onwhich the LISTCAT is run.– A user catalog entry. (All alias entries for a non-VSAM data set entry arechained together, as are alias entries for a user catalog entry.)An alternate index entry points to:– Its associated data and index entries.– Its base cluster’s cluster entry.– Each associated path entry.An alternate index’s data entry points to:– Its associated alternate index entry.An alternate index’s index entry points to:– Its associated alternate index entry.A cluster entry points to:– Its associated data entry.– Each associated path entry.– For a key-sequenced cluster, its associated index entry.– For a cluster with alternate indexes, each associated alternate index entry.A cluster’s data entry points to:– Its associated cluster entry.A cluster’s index entry points to:– Its associated cluster entry.A generation data group base entry points to:– Its associated non-VSAM data set entries.A non-VSAM data set entry points to:– Its associated alias entry.– Its associated generation data group (for a G0000V00 non-VSAM).A page space entry points to:– Its associated data entry. The page space is cataloged as an entry-sequencedcluster with a cluster entry and an associated data entry.A path entry that establishes the connection between a base cluster and analternate index points to:– Its associated alternate index entry, and the alternate index’s associated dataand index entries.– The data entry of its associated base cluster.– For a key-sequenced base cluster, the index entry of its associated base cluster.Path entry that is an alias for a cluster entry points to:– Its associated base cluster entry.– The data entry of its associated base cluster.– For a key-sequenced cluster, the index entry of its associated base cluster.A user catalog entry points to:– Its associated alias entry.366 z/OS V1R6.0 DFSMS Access Method Services for Catalogs