An "X" in Figure 1 indicates
that you can alter the value or attribute for the type of catalog
entry that is shown. Some attributes apply only to either the data
component or the index component of a cluster or alternate index entry.
You can use some attributes only for the data or index component of
a cluster or alternate index entry; you must then identify the entryname
of the component. Use the LISTCAT command to determine the names generated
for the object's components.
You can identify a group of entries with a generic name. Entrynames
that match the supplied qualifiers are altered if they have the information
that is used with the ALTER command.
You cannot alter alias entries or a master catalog's self-describing
entries, nor can you change a fixed-length relative record data set
to a variable-length relative record data set, or the reverse. You cannot change
a linear data set (LDS) to any other VSAM data set format. Any attempt
to alter a data set defined with a device type named by the user (for
example, SYSDA) is unsuccessful.
When the data set characteristics being altered are for a compressed
data set, the maximum record length of the control interval size is
less than if compression is not done.
Figure 1. ALTER attributes
that can be altered and types of catalog entriesSAVE AREA TRACE
DGTFMD01 WAS ENTERED VIA LINK AT EP DGTFMD01..90.349
SA 0002EFD8 WD1 000000D0 HSA 0002E818 LSA 05301C50 RET 80FD2C38 EPA 8538C630 R0 03178AEC
R1 0002F084 R2 0002EB84 R3 FFFFFFFF R4 0002EB84 R5 0002A4D0 R6 00000000
R7 00000001 R8 0002EB80 R9 00029740 R10 00000000 R11 00000000 R12 83178790
DGTFMD01 WAS ENTERED VIA CALL AT EP DGTFMD05..90.349
SA 05301C50 WD1 00000000 HSA 0002EFD8 LSA 053018E0 RET 8538C832 EPA 8538DA38 R0 03178AEC
R1 05301D70 R2 0000000C R3 00000048 R4 05301F54 R5 05301E74 R6 00000000
R7 00000000 R8 8002EB9A R9 00029 740 R10 0539213C R11 05301C50 R12 8538C630
UNKNOWN WAS ENTERED VIA CALL AT EP ISPDIR.912 17
SA 00030AC0 WD1 000004C0 HSA 00030300 LSA 0003C010 RET 831708A6 EPA 8316ABC8 R0 00000000
R1 00030B10 R2 00030E80 R3 000301B8 R4 000000FE R5 00017C14 R6 00015218
R7 00030668 R8 00030D60 R9 00029740 R10 00030DD8 R11 00000000 R12 83170018
UNKNOWN WAS ENTERED VIA CALL AT EP ISPDIL.92014.OY51175.3.3
SA 0003C010 WD1 000007C0 HSA 00030AC0 LSA 0003C7D0 RET 8316B89A EPA 83178790 R0 05300FCC
R1 0003C0E0 R2 00000000 R3 00000000 R4 00017000 R5 00017000 R6 00015218
R7 0003C378 R8 0316DBC8 R9 00029740 R10 0316CBC8 R11 0316BBC8 R12 8316ABC8
DGTFVA00 WAS ENTERED VIA LINK
SA 0003C7D0 WD1 000000D0 HSA 0003C010 LSA 05301638 RET 80FD2C38 EPA 853AA7A0 R0 03178AEC
R1 0003C87C R2 0003C37C R3 FFFFFFFF R4 0003C37C R5 0002A4D0 R6 00000000
R7 00000001 R8 0003C378 R9 00029740 R10 00000000 R11 00000000 R12 83178790
DGTFVA00 WAS ENTERED VIA CALL AT EP DGTFVA11..91.221
SA 053966F4 WD1 00000000 HSA 05301638 LSA 053B90BC RET 853AB422 EPA 8539FCB0 R0 00000000
R1 05396A20 R2 00000001 R3 00000000 R4 0003C37C R5 0002A4D0 R6 00000000
R7 00000001 R8 05396DB8 R9 053AC03D R10 0539213C R11 053966F4 R12 853AB03E
DGTFMD01 WAS ENTERED VIA CALL AT EP DGTFCTPR..91.227
SA 053E80A4 WD1 00000000 HSA 053EA4E4 LSA 053E305C RET 853FFB5A EPA 0533F540 R0 053E83F4
R1 053E827C R2 053E8404 R3 0005BCD9 R4 053F3E80 R5 053EA874 R6 0005B832
R7 0005A833 R8 053010CC R9 053F3145 R10 0539213C R11 053E80A4 R12 853FF476