
Cataloging Manually
2-2 User Reference
Connectivity Systems, Inc.—Copyright © 2006
Use Pursuant to Company Instructions
Using Online Manager
Cataloging Manually
Description There are several reasons for performing manual DSN cataloging and
catalog management instead of using automatic cataloging. Automatic
cataloging is global in scope, so it will not match the exact requirements
of all datasets. You may want to:
Ensure that precise catalog defaults are established before the
dataset is written for the first time
Update a definition after it is created in a job
Change the requirements for a dataset as the result of changes in
government regulations or data center procedures
BIM-EPIC provides Online Manager for manual DSN cataloging and
maintenance. Online Manager, a panel–driven GSS system uses
fill–in–the–blank formats that leads you step–by–step through the catalog
management tasks.
BIM-EPIC also provides TSIDMNT, a batch catalog management
program. You can use TSIDMNT for batch cataloging of new datasets
and versions, for updating fields in existing dataset entries, and for DSN
Catalog reporting. See Chapter 3, “
TSIDMNT—DSN CATALOG
MANAGEMENT UTILITY,” for additional information describing
TSIDMNT.
BIM-EPIC programs do not require leading zeros. Numeric values are
automatically zero–filled on the left. However, when using Online
Manager and TSIDMNT, you can suppress the zero–fill by entering a
volume serial number as a six–character string with blanks on the right,
for example, "12 " would be a valid character string.
Using BIM-EPIC
with CA-EPIC
If you run both BIM-EPIC and CA-EPIC for CMS and share a DSN
Catalog on VSE, you can update tape datasets from your CMS machine.
You can also scratch tapes used for CA-EPIC for CMS backup/archive
datasets.
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