Let us know when you get forced to IPL. I wouldn't risk doing this on any important system. Just for grins, write something into the space the old linklib occupied.
Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State University > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Mark Pace > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 1:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: LINKLIB in use > > I was able to delete the old linklib once I cycled LLA. > > On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Walter Marguccio > <[email protected] > > wrote: > > > > I then went to delete the old dataset, but it still says Dataset In Use. > > > What did I miss? > > > > > > the dataset could be still in use by LLA and/or XCFAS. However, even > > if you purge LLA and issue SETPROG LNKLST,UNALLOCATE (freeing the > > dataset from the XCFAS), I don't think you can delete your old.linklib. > > I might be wrong, but IIRC, z/OS keeps somewhere (storage ? control > > block > > ?) > > the list of datasets defined in LNKLST set(s). Even if you activate > > LNKLST01, I doubt you can delete old.linklib which belongs to > > LNKLST00. > > The only way to delete old.linklib is to IPL. Beside that, old.linklib > > doesn't do any harm to you, does it ? > > > > > > > > Walter Marguccio > > z/OS Systems Programmer > > BELENUS LOB Informatic GmbH > > Munich - Germany > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > -- > Mark D Pace > Senior Systems Engineer > Mainline Information Systems > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
