REPRO NOMERGECAT

Copies volume catalogs. When you copy a volume catalog to another volume catalog, REPRO verifies that the target is a volume catalog.

For additional information on tape volume catalogs, VOLUMEENTRIES, and LIBRARYENTRIES, refer to z/OS DFSMS OAM Planning, Installation, and Storage Administration Guide for Tape Libraries. Also see z/OS DFSMS Managing Catalogs.

The VOLUMEENTRIES parameter cannot be specified on a NONMERGECAT. It always copies all entries in the volume catalog and cannot be restricted to a subset.

If NOMERGECAT or the default of NOMERGECAT is specified, the first qualifiers of the VOLCATs must not match while their third qualifiers must match. This allows users to make a copy of a VOLCAT, but ensures that the copy is of the same type. You do not want VA entries to be copied into the VB catalog, for example.

You may only use the REPRO NOMERGECAT command to copy the catalogs of two VGENERALs. To use REPRO NOMERGECAT to copy a VGENERAL to another VGENERAL the first qualifier MUST be different and the third qualifier MUST be the same.