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VSAMCAT—Catalog Volume Check

Valid on z/OS.

Use the VSAMCAT control option to bypass user catalog volume checks on VSAM data set creation.

During VSAM data set creation, z/OS passes the volume number of the user catalog, rather than the volume(s) where the data set is going to be located. This necessitates permitting CREATE access to the user catalog volume although the data set is not placed there.

All entry methods are accepted.

This control option has the following format:

VSAMCAT(YES|NO)
YES

(Default) Continue to enforce checking the user for CREATE access to the user catalog.

NO

Skip the volume checking; data set checking will occur unchanged. This setting eliminates the need to grant users the authority to create data sets on the catalog volume.