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Description
Occasionally when moving an OpenVMS system to an emulated environment there are cases where device names change (typically disk devices). The "right way" to set up logicals is to define a single logical for a device, especially when dealing with disks, to represents the device name and use it in all other logicals. This leaves just one logical to change when the device changes. However, everyone takes short cuts at some point and device names can become embedded in long forgotten command procedures, leaving definitions like so:
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In these instances it can often be quicker and simpler to define a logical that represents the old device name.
Step-by-step guide
The following steps describe how to set up the logical.
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Something important to remember is that these are still only logicals. If a logical that refers to this "pseudo device logical" is defined with the
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