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ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 3 - IBM Redbooks

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Important: To minimize update activity to the master catalog, and to reduce the exposure<br />

to breakage, only SYS1 data sets, user catalog connector records, and the aliases pointing<br />

to those connectors are to be in the master catalog.<br />

During a system initialization, the master catalog is read so that system data sets and<br />

catalogs can be located.<br />

Identifying the master catalog for IPL<br />

At IPL, you must indicate the location (volser and data set name) <strong>of</strong> the master catalog. This<br />

information can be specified in one <strong>of</strong> two places:<br />

► SYS1.NUCLEUS member SYSCATxx (default is SYSCATLG)<br />

► SYS1.PARMLIB/SYSn.IPLPARM member LOADxx. This method is recommended.<br />

For more information see z/<strong>OS</strong> MVS Initialization and Tuning Reference, SA22-7592.<br />

Determine the master catalog on a running system<br />

You can use the IDCAMS LISTCAT command for a data set with a high-level qualifier (HLQ) <strong>of</strong><br />

SYS1 to determine the master catalog on a system. Because all data sets with an HLQ <strong>of</strong><br />

SYS1 are to be in the master catalog, the catalog shown in the LISTCAT output is the master<br />

catalog.<br />

For information about the IDCAMS LISTCAT command, see also 6.10, “Listing a catalog” on<br />

page 345.<br />

If you do not want to run an IDCAMS job, you can run LISTCAT as a line command in ISPF<br />

option 3.4. List the SYS1.PARMLIB and type listc ent(/), as shown in Figure 6-5.<br />

Menu Options View Utilities Compilers Help<br />

DSLIST - Data Sets Matching SYS1.PARMLIB Row 1 <strong>of</strong> 5<br />

Command ===> Scroll ===> PAGE<br />

Command - Enter "/" to select action Message <strong>Volume</strong><br />

------------------------------------------------------------------------------listc<br />

ent(/)1.PARMLIB LISTC RC=0 O37CAT<br />

SYS1.PARMLIB.BKUP SBOX01<br />

SYS1.PARMLIB.INSTALL Z17RB1<br />

SYS1.PARMLIB.OLD00 SBOX01<br />

SYS1.PARMLIB.POK Z17RB1<br />

***************************** End <strong>of</strong> Data Set list ****************************<br />

Figure 6-5 Example for a LISTCAT in ISPF option 3.4<br />

Note: The forward slash (/) specifies to use the data set name on the line where the<br />

command is entered.<br />

This command produces output similar to the following example:<br />

NONVSAM ------- SYS1.PARMLIB<br />

IN-CAT --- MCAT.SANDBOX.Z17.SBOX00<br />

Chapter 6. Catalogs 333

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