Ulrich, I tried your suggestion. The job ran successfully with a code 0. But it did not delete the dsn. I also tried the suggestion to F CATALOG,DISABLE(DSNCHECK) but because my userid does not have authorization the command was not permitted.
Ulrich Krueger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Looks like someone managed to create an invalid dataset name by accidentally specifying JCL with a dataset name in quotes, e.g., //DD1 DD DSN='MILDCOP.NPR256D.CNTLNLDSVOLD',DISP=...etc. To delete the dataset, try an IEFBR14 - step with //DD1 DD DSN='MILDCOP.NPR256D.CNTLNLDSVOLD',DISP=(OLD,DELETE,DELETE) and see what happens. Regards, Ulrich Krueger -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of esmie moo Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 09:58 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Unable To Delete Archived Dataset Good Day Gentle Readers, I am trying to delete this dataset MILDCOP.NPR256D.CNTLNLDSVOLD. Yes, the last qualifier is correct. This dsn was migrated by DMS. I tried a del nscr purge but I got the error message :ITEM DOES NOT ADHERE TO RESTRICTIONS. I also tried IEHPROGM to no avail. I cannot understand as to how this dsn was created. However, my immediate problem is deleting this dsn. Could anybody suggestion ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------- Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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