Indirect volume serial support can only be used for data sets residing on SYSRES and its logical extensions. These are typically data sets that are installed as part of a system build process. Use with user or application data sets is not supported.
Cataloged data sets must be non-VSAM and non-SMS-managed.
The volume must be mounted and online when a request is made to retrieve information from the catalog.
You are responsible for managing volumes where the data sets reside. If you move a data set from one volume to another, you must make the related changes. Changes include:
setting up parmlib, proclib, and JCL.
establishing system management procedures such as security, backup, and recovery.
The following cannot be catalogued with a system symbol:
SYS1.PARMLIB
Any parmlib data set listed in LOADxx without a volume name.
Any parmlib data set (including SYS1.PARMLIB) can be catalogued with six asterisks (******).