Utility makes your job is easy. Here are IDCAMS utility commands to use on VSAM cluster.
You can use IDCAMS utility for both VSAM and non-VSAM files.
ALTER – The Alter modifies a catalog, alternative index, cluster and path.
Example to use ALTER
//ALTERE EXEC PGM=IDCAMS,REGION=4M
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=A
//SYSIN DD *
ALTER CICS.* -
NEWNAME(CICSA.*)
/* - BLDINDEX– builds alternate index.
- Example to use BLDINDEX
- DEFINE– for alternate index, cluster or path.
Example to define ALTINDEX
//DEFAIX1 JOB ...
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=A
//SYSIN DD *
DEFINE ALTERNATEINDEX -
(NAME(EXAMPLE.AIX) -
RELATE(EXAMPLE.KSDS2) -
KEYS(3 0) -
RECORDSIZE(40 50) -
VOLUMES(VSER01) -
CYLINDERS(3 1) -
NONUNIQUEKEY -
UPGRADE) -
CATALOG(USERCAT)
/*LISTCAT – lists information about dataset. LISTCAT to list the aliases associated with a catalog.
//LSTALIAS EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=A
//SYSIN DD *
LISTCAT ALL ENTRIES(SYS1.ICFCAT.VSYS303)
/*- PRINT- prints contents.
- REPRO– copies records from one dataset to other dataset.
- DELETE– removes catalog entry for catalog, cluster, alternate index, or path.
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