Initialize the volume, vary it online, define the VVDS, and then add it to the SMS configuration. If it has not been added to an SMS storage group, SMS will not try to allocate a data set on it.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of willie bunter Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 7:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: CATALOG ERROR - Defining VVDS Good Day, I encountered the following error while I was attempting to define the VVDS on a 3390-9 disk which is SMS managed: IDC3014I CATALOG ERROR IDC3009I ** VSAM CATALOG RETURN CODE IS 50 - REASON CODE IS IGG0CLE3-8 IDC3003I FUNCTION TERMINATED. CONDITION CODE IS 12 I checked the error code and it points out to the fact that "a VVDS already exists on the volume" I am not sure how that can happen because I initialized the volume (ICKDSF) and put it online and attempted to define the VVDS. Can it be because as soon as I put the volume online a VSAM file may have been allocated on that volume? If so, how can I avoid this problem in the future. Here is my init job INIT - UNITADDRESS(BC50) VOLID(PAS904) - VTOC(0,1,149) - VERIFY(SPAC50) - INDEX(10,0,45) - STORAGEGROUP ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
