Dataset Copy and Move dialog box

You use this dialog box to issue the DFSMSdss COPY command to copy or move the selected data sets to new locations. To learn about the standard capabilities of a dialog box, see Standard tabs in the dialog boxes of the Storage Toolkit. The topic includes a link to the Reference guides for commands that are used in the Storage Toolkit.

The dialog box sets the following COPY command parameters for an action that starts a DFDSS service:

• For source data set the dialog box can define the following behavior:
  • Process multi-volume data sets
  • Process VSAM sphere components
  • Force unmovable data set
  • Disposition of the source data set: keep, delete, or uncatalog (Uncat)
• For the destination of the move/copy operations the dialog box can set the following parameters:
  • Volser name
  • Fully Qualified Dataset name
  • Name of the storage class
  • Name of the management class
  • Other options:
    • Bypass the SMS ACS routine, Catalog (default), and Reblock
    • Conversion to PDS, PDSE, or no conversion