Copy multiple members from one PDS into New PDS

karthik_sripal · Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 1:56 am

Hi All,

I got to copy like 200+ members from PDS to another PDS, The member names dont follow any particular pattern. I have the list of members in a seperate file - Looking out to hear about what would be the easiest way ?

karthik_sripal · Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 2:11 am

To be precise how to allocate multiple members in PDS.. I could then do a repro to copy them all *-)

Akatsukami · Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 2:37 am

Undoubtedly, you will want to use a tool (your sort product, Rexx, etc.) to fabricate IEBCOPY control cards and then submit a job running IEBCOPY.

Nic Clouston · Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 1:04 pm

200 members? You can do it in 3.3 faster than you could write a 'tool'. What's more, if those members represent more than 50% of the total members then it is more efficient to copy the lot and delete the ones you do not need in the new PDS.

karthik_sripal · Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 9:29 pm

Thank you for the response Nic Clouston and Akatsukami and time.

I later copied the entire PDS and removed the unwanted members