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- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 11:37:00 PST
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- From: Gregory Plucinski 257508 <GRZES@PLWATU22.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: Dangling VSAM truenames
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- > On Tue, 5 Jan 1993 14:41:00 PST,
- > Gregory Plucinski 257508 <GRZES@PLWATU22.BITNET> said:
- > > I think that someone use :
- > > DELETE name CLUSTER
- > > If you specify CLUSTER VSAM deletes only cluster (not DATA and INDEX,
- > > i don't know why but it's )
- >
- > This is not true. Try it. DELETE CLUSTER deletes the cluster and all
- > lower level related objects.
- >
- In my VSAM it's work as i wrote, i check it.
- I use MVS/SP 1.3.6 may be it's to old ?
- And of course ICF catalogs.
-
- > > the only way to recover this situation is SUPERZAP VTOC.
- > > (I can't erase all VSAM files on volume)
- > > I change in VTOC bit PASSWORD PROTECTED end erase file using DISP=(OLD,DELE
- TE
- > > or from ISPF.
- >
- > This type of approach should be used only as a last-ditch effort, if
- > you have ICF catalogs. ICF provides enough recovery capability that
- > this should never be necessary. If you do the above for ICF VSAM
- > objects, you'll end up with junk in the VVDS, and likely trouble down
- > the road.
- >
- all information about cluster, data and index are deleted from
- catalog.
- I don't check VVDS.
- in this case ICF recovery procedures are not usable.
-
- > I cannot imagine any reason for not converting to a pure ICF catalog
- > environment. ICF catalogs are faster, smaller, and more reliable than
- > VSAM catalogs and CVOLS, and I don't think there are any negatives.
- >
- >
- > /Leonard
-
- I really use ICF catalogs
-
- Gregory.
-