how to create a new pds with the structure of an existing pds?

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how to create a new pds with the structure of an existing pds?..

Answer / gun

First go to ISPF 3.4 to show the existing dataset
information by using the S or I line command.
After this, you can go to ISPF 3.2 to allocate a new PDS,
the previous dataset attribute will be pre-filled in the
allocation field.

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how to create a new pds with the structure of an existing pds?..

Answer / suresh ramaiyan

Go to 3.2
1. Give name of the old PDS, which is already created.
2. Do 'ENTER'.
3. You will get the information of the same PDS.
4. Now come back (PF03).
5. Give you new PDS name and "A" in the command line.
5. Now all the attributes are already filled from the old
PDS.
6. Just do "ENTER". The new PDS will get created.

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how to create a new pds with the structure of an existing pds?..

Answer / rajee

You can the create a new pad with the structure of an
existing pds by using the fileaid option 3.2

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how to create a new pds with the structure of an existing pds?..

Answer / prasanna

I got the answer. You have to use file AID f33 before the
existing Pds name

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how to create a new pds with the structure of an existing pds?..

Answer / manohar

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how to create a new pds with the structure of an existing pds?..

Answer / prasanna

You can create a new pds with file aid 3.2.
Here the question is, same structure of an existing pds.
it is easy to note down the structure and type it again
while allocating a daataset, but what is the shortest form
of doing this is the question...

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how to create a new pds with the structure of an existing pds?..

Answer / joseph louis pargas

This is one way without the aid of any ISV tools.
Logon to TSO/ISPF. Select 3.2. Enter name of model DSN, hit
enter. The data set will appear along with attributes. Hit
enter so original panel is displayed. Type A (ALLOCATE) on
option line and type over the model DSN with new DSN. Hit
enter - you can make any last minutes changes (VOLSER is
pretty common). Hit enter again, and you should have a
message saying it's been allocated or not.

You can accomplish the same thing with JCL. but this is the
fastest. You don't need to go 3.4, unless you don't know
the model name.

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how to create a new pds with the structure of an existing pds?..

Answer / dinesh kumar

You can Use "same" option in Jcl program to create a new
pds with the same structure as model pds.

This works.

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how to create a new pds with the structure of an existing pds?..

Answer / naresh

in 3.4 option type DUP infront of the model dataset and it
will ask for rename of dataset, here weshould change the
dataset name so that new dataset will be created with the
same structure of model dataset(PDS).

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how to create a new pds with the structure of an existing pds?..

Answer / smita

We can use IBM File Manager for this.
Go to ISPF screen.Type start U.34.
Select Utilities that is option 3.Enter.Then go for option
1 that is create.Enter.
Write the new DSN which is not yet created in the first DSN
option and the existing PDS in the second DSN option.Choose
option 1 in Processing option phase.Enter.
Select option 6 that is Non VSAM if we are going to create
a sequential one.Enter and check for the PDS in START 3.4.
I think this will help a lot in creating the alike PDS.

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