The ICF catalog is the VSAM object in which Db2 records
the data sets that you create during installation. Db2 uses
the catalog alias as the prefix for your Db2 VSAM
data sets.
About this task
Creating the catalog is optional. If you specified YES for
the DEFINE CATALOG option on installation panel DSNTIPA2, you must
create the catalog. Do not run this job if you want to use an existing
ICF catalog and alias (that is, you specified NO for the DEFINE CATALOG
parameter on installation panel DSNTIPA2). However, ensure that the
ICF catalog that you are going to use is created and that you defined
an ICF catalog alias.
Procedure
To create the ICF catalog and its alias:
- Before running job DSNTIJCA, examine the DEFINE UCAT statement
carefully to ensure that the parameters are appropriate for your needs.
- Run job DSNTIJCA.
If DSNTIJCA runs
successfully, it produces return codes of 0.
- If DSNTIJCA fails or abends, delete the ICF catalog (if
it was created) and run the job again.