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This step is for information purposes only. It serves as an introduction for steps that follow.
Master Records in the CA-EPIC/MVS DSN Catalog contain rules for retention and pool management of created datasets. The conversion tool converts these rules to Control-M/Tape rules using Steps 8 through 12.
Table 25 Conversion of Master Records to Control-M/Tape Rules Using Steps 8 through 12
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8 |
Creates a sequential file from the master records in the DSN Catalog using the CA-EPIC/MVS Data Extract and Report Writer (DERW). |
9 |
Allocates a file to hold OPTION SELECT statements created in the next step. |
10 |
Converts Master Records to equivalent OPTION SELECT statements if they specify different retention criteria than the rules created from the EPICOPTS in Step 6. |
11 |
Manual edit of the OPTION SELECT statements created in the previous step. Use this step to delete outdated or unused rules and to merge statements for similar datasets into generic statements with masking characters. |
12 |
Converts the new OPTION SELECT statements to Control-M/Tape rules. |
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