Could you try recreating the catalog name then deleting the VVDS entries, then deleting the BCS?
I seem to recall doing this years ago and I think I was able to get rid of the orphaned VVDS entries that way. I would agree, though, that it isn't worth spending much time on it. No guarantees, tho. The gray matter ain't what it used to be (and wasn't much back then either...) Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Stitt Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 10:23 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Removing obsolete catalog references from VVDS I've tried to do that function. After a conversation with IBM support, we basically agreed to forget that problem exists. There is no way to remove a catalog name entry from the VVDS. Unless you want to try changing the records yourself (VERY not recommended). Doing a Delete Noscratch against the VVDS assumes the catalog exists. However the Delete does not remove the backward catalog pointer from the VVDS. It would seem like that would be bad follow-through, but I've used that erroneous information at times to find datasets on the volume I can't get rid of because the catalog is missing, and built a matching catalog just to fix those type of problems. Just ignore the message, and you should notice no adverse effects from the entries. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
