How to Compare two VSAM clusters

ARJUN · New User Joined: 16 Nov 2004 Posts: 18 Location: Chennai

Dear All,

How to compare two VSAM clusters of type KSDS, is there any utility like IEBCOMPAR?

martin9 · Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:57 pm

hy ARJUN,

problem is the following,
if you want the contents of data records (not vsam records)
to be compared, unload these two vsam clusters on flat
files and make a simple compare job (3.12 or 3.13).
vsam organises itself, therefore you cannot expect that
the vsam records are completely the same....
use a IDCAMS repro to produce flat files...

martin9

ARJUN · New User Joined: 16 Nov 2004 Posts: 18 Location: Chennai

Dear Martin,

Thanks for your advice, now I am able to compare two VSAM clusters Using File-Aid.

In File-Aid we have one option COMPARE, I succeeded using this option

KS · New User Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 91 Location: Chennai

To compare two VSAm datasets , you can also use the option 10 (Compare) of the INSYNC file management tool.

Thanks,
KS

ARJUN · New User Joined: 16 Nov 2004 Posts: 18 Location: Chennai

Thank you KS, but in our shop we don't have INSYNC file management tool