I use a delete/define-recatalog all the time for the two systems from which I did not create the IODF. Here are my two jobs. Be sure to use NOSCRATCH in the delete job.
,//SR1JEADL JOB (0),ABERNETHY,CLASS=S,MSGLEVEL=(1,1), ,// MSGCLASS=X ,//STEP1 EXEC PGM=IDCAMS ,//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* ,//SYSUDUMP DD SYSOUT=* ,//DD1 DD UNIT=3390,VOL=SER=SRS043,DISP=SHR ,//SYSIN DD * , DELETE (SYS1.IODF02.CLUSTER )- , CLUSTER NOSCRATCH CATALOG(CATALOG.DEV1.MASTER) ,/* ,// ,//SR1JEARC JOB (ZZ,2400,TS),ABERNETHY,CLASS=S,MSGLEVEL=(1,1), ,// MSGCLASS=X ,//STEP1 EXEC PGM=IDCAMS ,//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* ,//SYSUDUMP DD SYSOUT=* ,//DD1 DD VOL=SER=SRS043,UNIT=3390,DISP=SHR ,//SYSIN DD * , DEFINE CLUSTER (NAME(SYS1.IODF02.CLUSTER ) VOLUMES(SRS043) - , LINEAR - , RECATALOG) - , DATA(NAME(SYS1.IODF02 )) - , CATALOG(CATALOG.DEV1.MASTER) John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

