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PDS Utilities Sub-Menu

The PDS Utilities Sub-Menu provides a list of the PDS Utility functions that you can perform. Type an Option value of 1 thru 4 to select the desired PDS Utilities option. Only the first option can be performed for a PDS/E.

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OPTION ===>                                                                    
                                                                               
                                                                               
         1  Locate PDSs with specified member       (PDS or PDSE)              
                                                                               
         2  Compress a PDS                          (PDS only)                 
                                                                               
         3  Update PDS allocation parameters        (PDS only)                 
                                                                               
         4  Recover overlaid or deleted members     (PDS only)                 
                                                                              

The functions performed by the four options are:

Locate PDSs with Specified Member – Lets you locate PDSs that contain a specified member. The PDSs that will be searched for the member are indicated either by specifying a wildcarded DSN or by specifying a data set that contains a list of PDSs to be searched.

Compress a PDS – Compresses a PDS. If requested, a backup copy of the PDS is made before initiating the compress.

Update PDS allocation parameters – Lets you increase the number of directory blocks or the primary space allocation for a PDS.

Recover overlaid or deleted members – Creates a new PDS that contains the overlaid and deleted members from a specified PDS. Member recovery can be limited to members with a specified character string.