DFSDFxxx member of the IMS.PROCLIB data set

The IMS Catalog Populate utility (DFS3PU00) or the ACB Generation and Populate utility (DFS3UACB) reads the <CATALOG> section of the DFSDFxxx member in the IMS.PROCLIB data set.

Before populating the IMS catalog, the catalog section must be coded correctly for the IMS catalog. The DFSDFxxx member must be referenced in the execution parameters in the JCL for the utilities that populate the IMS catalog.

Requirement: The IMS Catalog Populate utility and the ACB Generation and Catalog Populate utility require the <CATALOG> section heading at the beginning of the section for the catalog parameters in the DFSDFxxx member. The utilities do not support the <CATALOGxxxx> heading. The <CATALOGxxxx> heading is used when multiple IMS systems share a DFSDFxxx member, but do not share the IMS catalog.

The DFSDFxxx member that the utilities use is specified in the utility JCL. For example, in the following JCL, 'DFSDF=001' specifies the DFSDF001 member of the PROCLIB data set:

  //LOADCAT EXEC PGM=DFS3PU00,
  // PARM=(DLI,DFS3PU00,DFSCPL00,,,,,,,,,,,Y,N,,,,,,,,,,,,'DFSDF=001')