The Control Volume (CVOL) came in with OS/360 and precedes VSAM.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Pommier, Rex [rpomm...@sfgmembers.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2023 3:16 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] ICKDSF Steve, Don't you simply mean converting the IXVTOC to an OSVTOC - ie an unindexed VTOC? If my old memory cells are recalling correctly, a CVOL was an ancient version of a VSAM catalog from before the ICF catalogs existed. Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Steve Beaver Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2023 2:06 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] ICKDSF What I have is a couple VOLUMES that are getting LSPACE errors Basically all the VOLUMES have indexed VTOCS that need to be Converted to a CVOL and returned to a indexed VTOC That the easy part. The painful part is I will have to the RO *ALL,UCB Offline Run the job RO *ALL,UCB Online Before anyon is the wiser ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- This electronic mail (including any attachments) may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and/or otherwise protected from disclosure to anyone other than its intended recipient(s). Any dissemination or use of this electronic email or its contents (including any attachments) by persons other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply email so that we may correct our internal records. Please then delete the original message (including any attachments) in its entirety. Thank you -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2023 1:54 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] ICKDSF The PURGE parameter deletes the VTOCIX dataset so using the BUILDIX will build a new one and not reuse the old, corrupt dataset. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2022 1:53 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] ICKDSF That will work fine if the existing IXVTOC is good, but what if it is corrupted? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__http%3A%2F%2Fmason.gmu.edu%2F*smetz3__%3Bfg!!KjMRP1Ixj6eLE&data=05%7C01%7Csmetz3%40gmu.edu%7C457c9c17d07c49e494e408daedc76a2c%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C638083738014691293%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ja61usahhRThKi3iu6BdlZbUvW3lrmZH2QvqCNxLKUI%3D&reserved=0 0Fj!rQsxPmTo-3kSqLu15go6sNEUX8nn6PcuIZao7aZKuZ2xEN9BCZkpYpOn1HKVI96FWQXJ_-p4 F3GGnpKkUQ$ ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Pommier, Rex [rpomm...@sfgmembers.com] Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2022 2:34 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] ICKDSF Steve, I'm not sure if a CVOL is the same as a non-indexed VTOC (I didn't think so) but to remove the IXVTOC, use ICKDSF BUILDIX OSVTOC PURGE which will unindex the VTOC and delete the VTOC index. Then run an ICKDSF BUILDIX INDXVTOC to rebuild a new one. If you have access to the ICKDSF manual, it's under the BUILDIX section of the manual. Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Steve Beaver Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2022 1:26 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] ICKDSF I worked in a stop the got sever LSPACE errors. Can anyone tell me the command to Convert a indexed vtoc to a CVOL and back to a INDEXED Regards, Steve ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. 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