SCA can use more than one SCA library at the same time when doing
queries using the FIND and INSPECT commands. The list of SCA
libraries used for this is called a virtual library. The order
of SCA libraries in the library list is important. A module in
the first library in the library list will hide the same module
in other libraries, further on in the library list. For example,
suppose PROJECT_LIB has modules A, B, C and library MYLIB has
modules A, and D. You can set the library as follows:
LSE Command> SET LIBRARY mylib,project_lib
The modules visible in the virtual library would be A (from
MYLIB), B, and C (both from PROJECT_LIB) and D (from MYLIB).
There are many reasons for using more than one physical library as
your virtual library:
o Using more than one library, you can improve LOAD performance
by loading multiple libraries simultaneously. See the help
topic Reducing_LOAD_Time.
o You can use virtual libraries to allow several developers to
maintain a consistent view of their changes to a project,
without affecting the other developers, and without having
to copy the entire SCA library for each developer.
o You can put your SCA libraries on different disks or on
different nodes (using the SCA server). This improves
performance or takes advantage of the available disk space.
o You use the SET LIBRARY and SET NOLIBRARY commands to maintain
your virtual library list. You can use the /BEFORE and /AFTER
qualifiers to insert and remove libraries without having to
reenter a library list. You can specify libraries in your
library list using library numbers. For example, the command
SET NOLIBRARY 2 removes the second SCA library from the library
list.