
Combining Multiple DSN Catalogs into a Single DSN Catalog (TSIDCMRG) The TSIDCMRG Program
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4. Message EP800 will be issued after each TSIDUTL program BACKUP function input
dataset version has been read to control the number of TSIDUTL program BACKUP
function input dataset versions to be processed.
Each BIM-EPIC DSN Catalog dataset name must be unique. Therefore, if a dataset name is
encountered that duplicates a dataset name previously read, the duplicate dataset name and all
the versions (including tape volume serial numbers) associated with that duplicate dataset
name will be discarded. Each occurrence of a duplicate dataset name will be included on a
SYSLST output report.
Each tape volume serial number found in the BIM-EPIC DSN Catalog must also be unique,
regardless of which dataset name owns that volume serial number. Therefore, if a duplicate
tape volume serial number is encountered that duplicates a tape volume serial number
previously read, that tape volume serial number will be discarded. Each occurrence of a
duplicate tape volume serial number will be included on a SYSLST output report.
Up to three dataset names may be automatically defined in a BIM-EPIC Catalog that can
cause these incompatibilities:
• *EPIC.EVENT.DSN* is automatically defined when the BIM-EPIC job scheduling
system is utilized. An entry under this dataset name is created when an event is posted
and that entry is removed when the event is deleted. To avoid this incompatibility, assure
there are no outstanding events (which appear as versions under this dataset name) prior
to creating the TSIDUTL program BACKUP function dataset,. When the TSIDCMRG
program processes the second (and subsequent, if any) occurrence of this dataset name, it
will discard each duplicate and no harm will be done.
•
** DSN DELETED ** is automatically defined when a dataset name containing tape
versions is deleted (not purged) from the BIM-EPIC Catalog. The delete function
removes a dataset from the BIM-EPIC Catalog and all tapes associated with that dataset
name become scratch tapes. Since the design of BIM-EPIC requires that every tape be
associated with a dataset name, these scratch tapes become associated with the ** DSN
DELETED ** dataset name. To avoid this incompatibility, rename the ** DSN
DELETED ** dataset to a different dataset name that will be unique among all the BIM-
EPIC Catalogs to be merged prior to creating the TSIDUTL program BACKUP function
dataset. Once the TSIDCMRG process has been completed and the merged catalog
backup has been restored, delete each of these renamed datasets.
•
***.VOLUME.DSN.** is automatically defined when the TSIDINIT program is run to
initialize new tape volumes. As each tape volume is successfully initialized, that tape
volume becomes a scratch tape associated with the ***.VOLUME.DSN.** dataset name.
To avoid this incompatibility, rename the ***.VOLUME.DSN.** dataset to a different
dataset name that will be unique among all the BIM-EPIC Catalogs to be merged prior to
creating the TSIDUTL program BACKUP function dataset,. Once the TSIDCMRG
process has been completed and the merged catalog backup has been restored, delete each
of these renamed datasets.
User defined datasets with names that are duplicated among the BIM-EPIC Catalogs and are
names not involved with a multi-dataset group can be renamed to a different dataset name that
will be unique among all BIM-EPIC Catalogs to be merged prior to creating the TSIDUTL
program BACKUP function dataset. Once the TSIDCMRG function has been completed and
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