there used to be a RECATALOG option which allowed the datasets to be redefined and then deleted -i am not sure if it is still around.
DEFINE - CLUSTER - (NAME(xxxx.yyy) - INDEXED FILE(DD1) - RECATALOG - SPEED - SHR(3,3) - TRACKS(005,5) - -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ITURIEL DO NASCIMENTO NETO Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 12:29 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: RES: Help with deleting datasets which are not cataloged or don't exist. Let's try something : VSAM = 'PDB.SYSPROG.TMON.LMCICS.V22.VTCECNTL' VOL = 'OPSPR2' Option1: Listcat VSAM If Catalog.VSAM = Catalog.HLQ.VSAM Then If VOL OFFLINE Then ONLINE VOL Endif Else REPRO VSAM Mergecat to Catalog.HLQ.VSAM Endif DELETE VSAM Option2: If VOL OFFLINE Then ONLINE VOL Endif PRINT VVDS VOL FIND VSAM in VVDS SYSOUT Catalog.VSAM = Catalog in VVDS SYSOUT If Catalog.VSAM Not CONNECTED Then IMPORT Catalog.Vsam CONNECT Endif DELETE VSAM CATALOG(Catalog.Vsam) Atenciosamente / Regards / Saludos Ituriel do Nascimento Neto Banco Bradesco S/A 4254 - DPCD Engenharia de Software Sistemas Operacionais Mainframes Tel: 55 11 4197-2021 R: 22021 Fax: 55 11 4197-2814 |-----Mensagem original----- |De: IBM Mainframe Discussion List |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Em nome de Howard Rifkind |Enviada em: terça-feira, 7 de outubro de 2008 17:22 |Para: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU |Assunto: Help with deleting datasets which are not cataloged |or don't exist. | |Hello all, | |I'm trying to delete the following datasets: | |PDB.SYSPROG.TMON.LMCICS.V22.VTCECNTL *VSAM* |PDB.SYSPROG.TMON.LMCICS.V22.VTCECNTL.DATA OPSPR2 |PDB.SYSPROG.TMON.LMCICS.V22.VTCECNTL.INDEX OPSPR2 | |For the first one a 'D' states that it isn't cataloged. | |For the other two a 'D' states that the datasets don't exist. | |I've tries a delete NVR and a normal delete. Nothing works. | |Can anyone make some suggestions as how to get these out of |the system. An ISPF 3.4 is showing these up. | |Thanks. |_____________ |LEGAL NOTICE |Unless expressly stated otherwise, this message is |confidential and may be privileged. It is intended for the |addressee(s) only. |Access to this E-mail by anyone else is unauthorized. |If you are not an addressee, any disclosure or copying of the |contents of this E-mail or any action taken (or not taken) in |reliance on it is unauthorized and may be unlawful. If you are |not an addressee, please inform the sender immediately, then |delete this message and empty from your trash. | | |---------------------------------------------------------------------- |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 | | <HTML><font face="Tahoma" size="1"><HR>AVISO LEGAL <br>Esta mensagem é destinada exclusivamente para a(s) pessoa(s) a quem é dirigida, podendo conter informação confidencial e/ou legalmente privilegiada. Se você não for destinatário desta mensagem, desde já fica notificado de abster-se a divulgar, copiar, distribuir, examinar ou, de qualquer forma, utilizar a informação contida nesta mensagem, por ser ilegal. Caso você tenha recebido esta mensagem por engano, pedimos que nos retorne este E-Mail, promovendo, desde logo, a eliminação do seu conteúdo em sua base de dados, registros ou sistema de controle. Fica desprovida de eficácia e validade a mensagem que contiver vínculos obrigacionais, expedida por quem não detenha poderes de representação. <HTML><font face="Tahoma" size="1"><HR>LEGAL ADVICE <br>This message is exclusively destined for the people to whom it is directed, and it can bear private and/or legally exceptional information. If you are not addressee of this message, since now you are advised to not release, copy, distribute, check or, otherwise, use the information contained in this message, because it is illegal. If you received this message by mistake, we ask you to return this email, making possible, as soon as possible, the elimination of its contents of your database, registrations or controls system. The message that bears any mandatory links, issued by someone who has no representation powers, shall be null or void. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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