Craig - Tried your suggesting early on; output below. - Ken DELETE MY.VSAM.DATA -
NOSCRATCH - CATALOG( - MY.ACTIVE.USERCAT - ) IDC2552I ENTRY TYPE IS INVALID FOR DELETE IDC0551I ** ENTRY MY.VSAM.DATA NOT DELETED IDC0001I FUNCTION COMPLETED, HIGHEST CONDITION CODE WAS 8 > Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:26:12 -0500 > From: craig.p...@fotlinc.com > Subject: Re: Unable to Delete Orphaned VSAM Data Components > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Ken, > > Try this if you have not: > > > DELETE fully-qualified-name CATALOG(catalog-name) > > Example: > > DELETE ORPHAN.VSAM.DATA CATALOG(CATALOG.USER.VSAM) > DELETE ORPHAN.VSAM.INDEX CATALOG(CATALOG.USER.VSAM) > > > > > > Craig > > > > > > From: Ken French <rocki...@hotmail.com> > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Date: 06/29/2012 12:26 > Subject: Re: Unable to Delete Orphaned VSAM Data Components > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> > > > > Craig - > > Yes, I tried DELETE <entry> NOSCRATCH CLUSTER, and I get > > > > IDC3012I > ENTRY MY.VSAM.DATA NOT FOUND+ > > IDC0551I > ** ENTRY MY.VSAM.DATA NOT DELETED > > IDC0014I > LASTCC=8 > > IDC3009I ** VSAM CATALOG RETURN CODE IS 8 - REASON > CODE IS IGG0CLFM-6 > > Since the object is actually an orphaned DATA component, the DELETE > CLUSTER command is seen as invalid. > > - Ken > > > > Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 11:12:12 -0500 > > From: craig.p...@fotlinc.com > > Subject: Re: Unable to Delete Orphaned VSAM Data Components > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > > > Have you tried DELETE ent NOSCRATCH CLUSTER ? > > > > If alternate index or path, you would need those keywords. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Ken French <rocki...@hotmail.com> > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Date: 06/29/2012 10:54 > > Subject: Unable to Delete Orphaned VSAM Data Components > > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> > > > > > > > > I have several VSAM data components in one of my USERCATs that are > > cataloged to volumes that no longer exist. I've searched extensively on > > how this might be done, and have tried several variations of the IDCAMS > > DELETE command without success, including DELETE <entry> NOSCRATCH, > DELETE > > <entry> TRUENAME. I even attempted to REPRO MERGECAT the orphaned > entries > > to a new, temporary USERCAT that I planned to simply delete if the > > MERGECAT was successful. Any ideas on how to eliminate these undesired > and > > orphaned catalog entries? Keep in mind that the volumes these entries > are > > pointing to do not exist on my system. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > This communication contains information which is confidential and > > may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended > > recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s), please note > > that any distribution, copying or use of this communication or the > > information in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > > communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and > > then destroy any copies of it. > > ********************************************************************** > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN