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Step 8: Produce a CA-EPIC/MVS DSN Catalog Report

This step consists of job CONVEREP that produces a sequential output file from DSN Catalog Master Records and Detail Records. Job COVNEREP activates the CA-EPIC/MVS Data Extract and Report Writer program TSIDDCX and report Exit TSIDEDXX.

The file created during this step is composed of the following types of records:

Table 26 Records in CA-EPIC/MVS DSN Catalog Report

Record

Description

Master Records

Converted to Control-M/Tape rules in subsequent steps.

Detail Records

Converted to volume and dataset records in the Control-M/Tape Media Database by subsequent steps.

Note: Before running job CONVEREP, it is important to verify that the DSN Catalog has been cleaned of integrity problems using CA-EPIC/MVS utility TSIDDSU. Use the SCRATCH option of this utility to ensure that tapes are scratched and datasets are expired as necessary.

Run job CONVEREP.

All job steps must end with a condition code of 0.

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CA-EPIC/MVS Conversion Process