There are two fields on the VSAM Utilities panel:
- Process Request
- Required field. Indicates what is going to be done to the
VSAM data set:
- 1
- Define. Process an IDCAMS define request
- 2
- Delete. Process an IDCAMS delete request
against one or more data sets.
- 3
- Listcat. Process an IDCAMS list catalog
request.
- VSAM Data Type
- Required field. Indicates what kind of data set is to be
defined, deleted or listed:
- 1
- Alias. Define, delete, or list an
alternate name for a non-VSAM data set or a user catalog
- 2
- Alternate Index.
Specify that an alternate index is to be defined, deleted, or listed
or that an alternate index entry is to be recataloged
- 3
- Cluster.
Specify that a cluster is to be defined, deleted, or listed or that
a cluster entry is to be recataloged
- 4
- Generation Data Group.
Specify that a generation data group entry is to be defined,
deleted, or listed
- 5
- Non-Vsam.
Specify that a non-VSAM, non-SMS-managed data set is to be defined,
deleted, or listed
- 6
- Page Space.
Specify that a page space is to be defined, deleted, or listed
- 7
- Path.
Specify that a path is to be defined, deleted, or listed or that a
path entry is to be recataloged
- 8
- User Catalog.
Specify that a catalog is to be defined, deleted, or listed
- 9
- Data.
List data level information (Listcat request only)
- 10
- Index.
List index level information (Listcat request only)
- 11
- NVR.
Delete an SMS-managed non-VSAM volume record entry
(Delete request only)
- 12
- Truename.
Delete the truename entry for a data or index component of a
cluster or alternate index or the name of an alternate index
(Delete request only)
- 13
- VVR.
Delete an unrelated VSAM volume record entry (Delete request only).