MOVE Operation

The MOVE feature moves VSAM objects to another location on disk as VSAM files. The resulting VSAM objects ultimately retain their original names, and the original input VSAM objects are deleted.

The MOVE feature offers the same benefits as RESTORE:

Automatic re-org
Automatic extent consolidation
*AMS support
Recall support

Although the MOVE feature provides the same functions as BACKUP and RESTORE, MOVE reduces the steps required to perform the same functions. For example, if you use BACKUP and RESTORE to move a VSAM data set, FAVER requires two passes of the data:

Read of the input file and write to the output exported file
Read of the exported file and write to the new volume on which the VSAM data set will reside

If you use the MOVE feature to move a VSAM data set, FAVER only requires one pass of the data: read and write.

The MOVE feature is also useful to affect a Fast Re-org of VSAM data sets utilizing a single pass of the data. To use MOVE for a Fast Re-org, do not provide a new VOLUME(volser) parameter.

Note: MOVE supports the same processes and provides almost all of the same features and functions as the EXPORT and RESTORE features. For more details on the MOVE feature, see the chapters "EXPORT" and "RESTORE."