what is vsam catalog ?
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Answer / vaibhav
vsam catlog is used to resides on direct access
method...its contain location of dasd..sape amount
allocatted by dataset...attribute..address..
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Answer / satish
catlog is an index(vsam data set) used to store the
information related to datasets.
2 types: master catlg, user catlg.
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what is vsam catalog ?
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