It is still a feature. There are some small shops that do not use DFSMS. Shops that do have DFSMS just need to be aware that you "can" have datasets on SMS volumes that are not cataloged. Also, if you have products like STOP-x37 that create multi-volume datasets and something happens can also leave orphaned datasets on your volumes. And you are right, it is still used to cleanup a catalog where volumes have been deleted, removed, or become inaccessible.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:51 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: UNABLE TO DELETE DUPLICTE DSN On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:42:39 -0700, Pesce, Andy wrote: >Even though it violates everything about being "Managed by SMS". >"IDCAMS Delete Noscratch" on a dataset that is SMS controlled will indeed >leave the >dataset on the volume. > Is this a bug or a feature? Well, I suppose you need to be able to clean up the catalog when a volume becomes physically and permanently inaccessible. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
