If you specify the DATASET keyword with the COPY command and do
not specify input volumes, DFSMSdss performs a logical data set copy
using information in the catalogs to select data sets. For example,
the following COPY command results in a logical data set copy.
COPY -
DATASET( INCLUDE( USER.**)) -
RENAMEUNCONDITIONAL( USER2 )
When you specify input volumes using the LOGINDDNAME or LOGINDYNAM
volume list, a data set is selected based on the following criteria:
- When you either specify SELECTMULTI(ALL) or specify input volumes
without specifying the SELECTMULTI keyword, all of the volumes that
contain a part of a non-VSAM or VSAM cluster must be in the volume
list.
For VSAM data sets, the volume list is affected by the use
of the SPHERE keyword as follows:
- Specify SPHERE and you must list all parts of the base cluster
in the volume list.
- Do not specify SPHERE and you must list all parts of the base
cluster and the associated alternate indexes in the volume list.
- When you specify SELECTMULTI(ANY), any part of the non-VSAM data
set or VSAM base cluster can be on a volume in the volume list.
For
VSAM data sets, the volume list is affected by the use of the SPHERE
keyword as follows:
- Specify SPHERE and you must list any part of the base cluster
in the volume list.
- Do not specify SPHERE and you must list any part of the base cluster
and the associated alternate indexes in the volume list.
- When you specify SELECTMULTI(FIRST), the volume list must include
the volume that contains the first part of either the non-VSAM data
set or the primary data component of the base cluster for a VSAM sphere.
For VSAM data sets, the volume list is affected by the use of
the SPHERE keyword as follows:
- Specify SPHERE and you must list the volume that contains the
first extent of the data component for the base cluster in the volume
list.
- Do not specify SPHERE and you must specify the following information
in the volume list:
- The volume that contains the first extent of the data component
for the base cluster.
- The volume that contains the first extent of the data component
for the associated alternate indexes.
Note: When processing input volumes, DFSMSdss filters first based
on the VTOC, and second, based on catalog filters, if specified.
If a data set is found on more than one specified input volume
and the volume sequence numbers match, DFSMSdss cannot determine which
data set is to be selected for processing. You do not need to specify
a SELECTMULTI option when you build a list of input volumes with STORGRP.
The volume list will contain all of the volumes in a storage group.