""Jeff Horenstein"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > A CATINDEX was accidentally deleted from a non-SMS > volume. Surprisingly (to me) datasets cat'd in the related > catalog can still be accessed. New vsam/nvsam datasets can > be cat'd/deleted w/o apparent problems. DIAGNOSEs against > the catalog get OPEN errors; yet EXAMINE DTEST of datasets > cat'd in the catalog are clean. The VVDS is not happy, > but vsam datasets on the volume pass DTEST (but not > DIAG VVDS COMPAREDD -- "REASON: 31 - OPEN OF COMPARE > DATA SET FAILED". > I don't see a REBUILDCATINDEX parameter anywhere. I haven't tried > EXPORT/IMPORT to a new cat, del/redef bad cat, then back to > the redef'd cat. Will that work? Is there something else I > can do? > Any help appreciated, Jeff
My guess is it was deleted from another system. The catalog is open on the current system and still has access to the extents, so it will work. However if those extents get overlaid with a new data set, you're hosed. I'd STRONGLY recommend you find a way to never delete a CATINDEX (or the catalog data component). Thanks, Mark Thomen Catalog/IDCAMS/VSAM Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
