I was unaware of the PERFORMPENDINGDELETE option. Nice. Anecdotal: I'm a automation administrator, and have struggled with NetView's DSILIST data set that is used to retain various automation table listings/reports. IBM recommends allocating this data set as a PDSE to avoid Sx37 ABENDs and/or the need to compress. Well, guess what?
IEC031I D37-04,IGG0210B,NETVIEW,NETVIEW,SYS89298,602D,SH9DAK, NETVIEW.NET97.DSILIST(INGMRT01) IEC217I B14-0C,IGG0201Z,NETVIEW,NETVIEW,SYS89298,602D,SH9DAK, NETVIEW.NET97.DSILIST(INGMRT01) I don't have the result of IEBPDSE, but if I recall, there were 83 pending deletes at the time. This is on a test system, so nothing I was terribly concerned with. After reading your question, I exercised "PERFORMPENDINGDELETE" with the following result: IGW705I Pending Delete Records Processed 00000000 Pending Delete Members deleted Out of 00000014 possible What?! <expletive deleted> NetView has a "REACC" command that does some magic in the background ( https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJDU_6.2.1/com.ibm.itnetviewforzos.doc_6.2.1/dqc_reacc.htm). Other doc references for the REACC command include: "If the data set becomes full and you must compress the data set to add more command lists, use the REACC command...". I issued REACC and attempted "PERFORMPENDINGDELETE" again, with the following result: IGW705I Pending Delete Records Processed 00000014 Pending Delete Members deleted Out of 00000014 possible Much better. While I can't help with the question of "what really happens...", it does seem that -something- must happen to the PDSE to allow successful deletion of those members. In the case of this particular NetView data set, "REACC" appears to be that thing. Perhaps in the case of LLA managed data sets, it would be the "F LLA,UPDATE=..."? On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 12:06 AM Kenneth J. Kripke <k.kri...@comcast.net> wrote: > The url > > https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/pdse-member-pending-delete-processing-over > view indicates that when executing IEBPDSE with the > PARM='PERFORMPENDINGDELETE,NOANALYSIS' > > Seems to imply that space will be released for deleted members. We do > routine maintenance on various Linklist datasets and follow-up with an LLA > UPDATE of the respective libraries on all LPARS. We have not tested the > IEBPDSE PERFORMPENDELETE,NOANALYSIS Yet, but will do so in the near future. > My question: How does this really work, and, what really has to happen to > reclaim the deleted space. > > Sincerely; > > > > Kenneth J. Kripke > > > > k.kri...@comcast.net > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
