You use this dialog box to define a catalog entry for a single
non-VSAM data set you have selected in the Tivoli® Enterprise
Portal.
To learn about the standard capabilities
of a dialog box, see Standard tabs in the dialog boxes of the Storage Toolkit. The
topic includes a link to the Reference
guides for commands that are used in the Storage Toolkit.
The action request defines a catalog entry for a non-VSAM data
sets or a collection of objects. The dialog box provides the following
options:
- Catalog: Identifies the catalog in which the non-VSAM data
set or OAM object is to be defined.
- Device types: Specifies the device types of the volumes
containing the non-VSAM data set being defined. If the non-VSAM data
set is located on different device types, the device types must be
specified in the same order as the volume serial numbers listed in
the Volser(s) parameter.
You can specify a generic device
name that is supported by your system, using up to six characters.
For example, 3380, 3390, 3400-2,
and 3400-5 are valid device types.
If you
expect to change the device type of the system residence volume, you
can enter four zeroes (0000) in one of the rows of
the Device Types table. At LOCATE and DELETE time, this field is resolved
to the device type. This method allows you to use the non-VSAM data
sets without having to recatalog them to point to the new volume.
A Device Type value of 0000 causes the actual device
type to be determined from the current system residence volume (or
its logical extension) at the time the catalog entry is retrieved.
To
avoid an erroneous result, you must use this wildcard convention (
0000)
with a
Volser(s) parameter of the following types:
- An indirect volume serial (******) identifier.
- An extended indirect volume serial (a system symbol) identifier
in the form &xxxxx, where &xxxxx is
a symbol contained in some system library. The volume must be mounted
and on line at the time the catalog entry is retrieved from the catalog.
If it is not mounted and on line, the catalog request is terminated
with a return and reason code.
- Volser(s): Specifies the volumes that contain the non-VSAM
data set. A Volser(s) value is required when you define a non-OAM
non-VSAM data set. As mentioned in the previous field description,
you can also specify indirect volume serial identifiers and extended
indirect volume serial identifiers.
When you use the wildcard specification
of six asterisks (******), the system dynamically
resolves this specification to the system residence volume serial
number, whenever the catalog entry is used. This value is not resolved
when the DEFINE NONVSAM command is processed. This behavior allows
you to later change the volume serial number of system residence volume
without also having to recatalog the non-VSAM data sets on that volume.
- Recatalog: Specifies that the catalog entries are recreated
if valid VVDS entries are found on the primary VVDS volume. RECATALOG
can be specified only for an SMS-managed data set.