Changing the catalog name used by storage groups or index spaces and table spaces
You can use the CATMAINT online utility to change the catalog name that is used by data sets for storage groups, by index spaces, and table spaces.
About this task
The data sets are linear VSAM data sets cataloged in the integrated catalog facility catalog that catalog-name identifies. For more information about catalog-name values, see Naming conventions.
More than oneDb2 subsystem can share the integrated catalog facility catalogs with the current server. To avoid the chance of those subsystems attempting to assign the same name to different data sets, specify a catalog-name value that is not used by the other Db2 subsystems.
Procedure
To change the catalog name that is used by data sets for storage groups, index spaces, and table spaces:
Run the CATMAINT utility and specify the VCAT SWITCH keywords.
The VCAT SWITCH keyword is similar to the USING VCAT clause of the ALTER TABLESPACE statement
for changing the catalog name. You must move the data for the affected indexes or table spaces to
the data set on the new catalog in a separate step. You can change multiple names by repeating the
SWITCH keyword, but you cannot specify the same name more than once. The VCAT SWITCH option has no
effect on the system indexes and table spaces in DSNDB06 or DSNDB01 because the catalog name is
maintained in the parameter.