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- Message-ID: <IBM-MAIN%93010505251376@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
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- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 03:23:00 PST
- Sender: IBM Mainframe Discussion list <IBM-MAIN@RICEVM1.BITNET>
- From: Leonard D Woren <LDW@USCMVSA.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: Dangling VSAM truenames
- Lines: 48
-
- > O.K. so someone here deleted a user catalog and some page space. When
- > they did so, they included a PURGE in the delete command.
-
- PURGE only bypasses the expiration date.
-
- > But, for some reason, the data sets were only uncatalogged, and the
- > VSAM space for the user catalog and the page spaces are still out there.
-
- Sounds like DELETE FORCE or DELETE RECOVERY was used. Generally a
- no-no unless you really know what you're doing and why.
-
- > I can import connect the user catalog, but if I try to use it (or
- > do a LISTCAT on it), I get a strange error. Implies to me that the file
- > is corrupted.
-
- Sure. It doesn't actually exist, so catalog management gets an error
- trying to access it.
-
- > The bottom line is that I want to get rid of the VSAM space for these
- > buggerts.
-
- I assume that you mean that you want to delete the actual objects from
- the VTOC & VVDS. To me, "VSAM space" only applies to old-style VSAM
- catalog dataspaces defined with "DEFINE SPACE".
-
- > I've tried user delete with truename, but it doesn't work.
- > (Get a ENTRY NOT FOUND.)
-
- DELETE VVR (not DELETE TRUENAME) is required.
-
- > I'd rather not have to zap the vtoc to get rid of these buggerts.
-
- You shouldn't need to.
-
- > Especially since then, I'll have to clean up the VVDS as well.
-
- Right. DELETE VVR will clean up both the VTOC and the VVDS.
-
-
- Note that DELETE VVR requires the FILE and CATALOG operands. Try
- specifying your master catalog and its master password. If the
- delete vvr fails that way, you may need to define ucat a catalog
- with the same name as the original, and specify it on delete vvr.
- Then delete it after you've done all your delete vvr commands.
- Delete vvr may also need to be apf authorized, which probably means
- that you'll have to run it under batch idcams.
-
- /Leonard
-