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What to Do

To display the DSN Directory, use the DSN prompt to enter a partially qualified data set name. (A partially qualified data set name is one or more high-level qualifiers, followed by an asterisk. To code the partially qualified data set name, stop at the node level but do not code the period at the end of the node.) To see data sets on the DSN Directory, the data sets must be in the VMF index file.

To display information about one specific data set, use the DSN prompt to enter the complete name of the data set. If there is more than one version of the data set, use the VERSION prompt to identify the version you want. (The most current data set is version 1, the one created before that is version 2, and so on.)

The screen you see next will depend on where the data set is found. CA TLMS searches for the data set in the order indicated by the numbers on the screen: First, it looks in the VMF index file, and then in the z/OS catalog.

If the data set is found in the:

You will see this screen:

VMF index file

Update (DS02)

z/OS catalog

MVS/VSAM Catalog (CT01)

If a data set can be found in both the VMF index file and the z/OS catalog and you want to display the MVS/VSAM Catalog screen instead of the Update screen, change the ORDER OF SEARCH like this:

VMF INDEX......... 2
MVS/VSAM CATALOG.. 1