What is the MESSAGE id of the PDSE MEMBER IN USE message. That might provide a clue.
Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Steely.Mark > Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2017 2:21 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: PDS/E issue > > We are z/OS 2.2. For a DR test our current volumes are flashed ( I may not > be using the correct term) and we IPL from these volumes. The DR test is also > performed on a separate CPU not connected to the current environment. After > the IPL we have a process which updates several members in a PDS/E . > We use a file-aid job to update the members - this PDS/E is a JES2 proc. The > job received the following messages : PDSE MEMBER IN USE, UNABLE TO PROCESS > MEMBER XXXX1234. I tried several ways to determine what was using the data > set and/or member. I was able to edit the data set and member. I used a MXI > enq display and D GRS,RES=(*,xxx.xxxxx) command and nothing was found. > > I was able to allocate a new pds/e using ISPF 3.2 and copy the members using > ISPF 3.3. Then I was able to rename the datasets and resume processing. After > the rename - with the old dataset - I tried to run the update job and it > still failed with the in use message. With the new pdse the job ran as > expected. > > I didn't have any more time to investigate. > > Has anyone else had this type of issue ? > > Any other idea's what to do if this occurs again? > > Thank You > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
