I've made a stupid mistake with one of my z/OS systems, and now I'm hoping that someone can help me extricate myself..
I was in the process of moving a user catalog from one disk to another. Following examples from documentation on the IBM web site... Did an EXPORT TEMPORARY of the ucat to a 'flat' file, followed by DELETE catname RECOVERY USERCATALOG, and then a DEFINE of the catalog on it's new volume. (All going well so far - I should know better) The subsequent attempt at an IMPORT of the 'flat' file resulted in a JCL error 'data set not found'. If I use ISPF 3.4 to look at all the files on the disk involved, I can see that the file does in fact exist. If I try 'I' or 'S', or 'browse', etc, I get 'data set not catalogued' The problem is that the flat file I created has a name that was aliased to the catalog I've just deleted and redefined. (foot...gun...BANG) The VVDS entry for the export file points to a catalog that - while it exists - is empty. I've tried numerous attempts at RECATALOG and DELETE NVR NOSCRATCH, but nothing works because SMS can't find the data it needs to complete the task I specify. To add to the problem, the same catalog also had my SMS SCDS/ACDS aliased there, among numerous other datasets necessary for IPL. Yes, all very stupid, I know, and I believe I've learnt a very harsh lesson. But if anyone has got any ideas, I'd love to hear them. Sean ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
