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[ANDY]

Hello,

Can someone show me a way to copy from an existing VSAM file to
a new one which does not exist yet?

Thanks

Andy

[pzmohanty]

hi andy,

Easiest way to copy an existing VSAM file to a new VSAM file is by using FILE-AID.
Go to FILE-AID ---> then go to option 3 ---> From there again go to option 3 , which is FILE-AID COPY Utility.
At this panel u have to supply FROM dataset info , which is ur old existing VSAM dataset.
& in TO dataset supply the new VSAM dataset info & also give here DISP= NEW.

now press enter which will take u to the new screen , here again press enter & U r done.

Hope this helps.....

P.R.Mohanty
Kanbay
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Priya Ranjan Mohanty
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Kanbay Software (I) pvt. Ltd.
Hyderabad

[ANDY]

Hi P.R.Mohanty :

Thank you for your reply. but this way depend on FILE-AID. Is it possible to
writting an jcl to realize it?

Cheers,

Andy
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cheers,
Andy

[warp5]

Take a look at ADRDSSU. It is very easy to copy a dataset with it.

[Mike Chantrey]

Using IDCAMS the steps are:
1/ DEFINE new dataset using the existing dataset as the MODEL parameter
2/ Then REPRO the data across

[Cogito-Ergo-Sum]

Mike,
I did it in a single IDCAMS step; where the new dataset was created using LIKE parameter pointing to the older VSAM dataset. I did this out of curiosity and was pleasantly surprised to know that it works!
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[kolusu]

Andy,

The following JCL will copy an existing vsam file to a new vsam file with similar properties.

[ANDY]

Dear kolusu:

I really appreciate your help.

Best regards,

Andy
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cheers,
Andy