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Processing for TYPE=ADD

CA WA CA 7 Edition automatically stores the current date and time in the new entry as creation date and time.

You can find hexadecimal values to be specified if DVC is used in an IBM Data Areas Manual under UCBTYP field.

You cannot use the ADD function if a data set to be added resides on more than ten volumes. Catalog the data set on the system catalog, and then use the COPY function of the CTLG facility.

When adding GDGs, consider these items with respect to how the DSN is specified:

• Relative generation numbers cannot be used.
• If an absolute generation number (for example, GnnnnVnn) is specified, that number is used.
• If no generation number is given and an entry currently exists, the current generation number is incremented by 1 and used for the new entry.
• If no generation number is given and no entry currently exists, G0001V00 is assumed.

Adding an entry to record creation of an external data set is not required. However, if the new version of the data set is cataloged before the using job is scheduled, the external requirement is automatically satisfied by initial requirements scan when the job is scheduled. If the entry is added after scheduling of the user job, the external requirement must be manually posted as satisfied.