Have 3 Librarian Master files and need to merge 2 of them into the third one.
Can this be done? If so, how?
Release: Librarian 4.4
In order to merge an existing Librarian master file into another existing Librarian master file, it is a three step Group Processing Option (GPO) process in batch.
1) Create a backup of the master file that will hold the other two existing master files:
//* -------------------------------------------------------
//* BKUP1ST: BACKUP THE MASTER FILE THE OTHER MASTER FILES
//* WILL BE COPIED INTO
//* -------------------------------------------------------
//BKUP1ST EXEC PGM=AFOLIBR,PARM='NRJS,NJTA'
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//MASTER DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SECOND.EXISTING.MASTERFILE
//BACKUP DD DSN=SECOND.EXISTING.MASTERFILE.BACKUP,
// DISP=(,CATLG),
// SPACE=(CYL,(xxxx)),UNIT=SYSDA
//LIST DD SYSOUT=*
//INDEX DD SYSOUT=*
//OSJOB DD DUMMY
//SYSIN DD *
-OPT BKUPDISK
//
//* STEP1 WRITES OUT THE -OPT UTILITY AND -COPY CARDS TO BE USED
//* AS SYSIN CARDS IN THE NEXT JOBSTEP.
//*
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=AFOLIBR,PARM='NRJS,NJTA'
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//OSJOB DD DSN=&&TEMP1,DISP=(,PASS),DCB=BLKSIZE=800,
// UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(TRK,(1,1))
//MASTER DD DSN=FIRST.EXISTING.MASTERFILE,DISP=SHR
//SYSIN DD *
-OPT GPO
-OPT UTILITY
-COPY NAME= ,
-END
//*
//* STEP2 WRITES OUT THE -COPY CARDS TO THE OSJOB DD TO BE USED
//* AS SYSIN CARDS FOR NEXT JOBSTEP .
//STEP2 EXEC PGM=AFOLIBR,PARM='NRJS,NJTA'
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//OSJOB DD DSN=&&TEMP2,DISP=(,PASS),DCB=BLKSIZE=800,
// UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(CYL,(3,3))
//MASTER DD DSN=FIRST.EXISTING.MASTERFILE,DISP=SHR
//SYSIN DD DSN=&&TEMP1,DISP=(OLD,DELETE)
//*
//* STEP3 USES THE -COPY CARDS WRITTEN TO THE OSJOB DATASET
//* IN THE PRIOR JOBSTEP AND WRITES TO THE MASTERFILE
//* SPECIFIED IN THE MASTER DD NAME.
//*
//STEP3 EXEC PGM=AFOLIBR,PARM='NRJS,NJTA'
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//INDEX DD SYSOUT=*
//LIST DD SYSOUT=*
//OSJOB DD DUMMY
//SYSIN DD DSN=&&TEMP2,DISP=(OLD,DELETE)
//MASTER DD DSN=SECOND.EXISTING.MASTERFILE,DISP=SHR
/*
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