A long time ago when I was a Storage Manager, I had a user catalog that was shared between 5 systems/system images. If I needed to do any sort of clean up on that catalog I had to pick a slow time (such as just before an IPL) to do the work and then close and unallocate the catalog from all systems except for the one that I would be doing the work on. Of course before embarking on any sort of catalog project, I backed up the catalog first. :-)
Norris Jackson MVS Systems Programmer The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this message in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from all computers. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hal Merritt Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 11:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: User Catalog Hangs Mass deletes? If so, that is a slow process with long RESERVE times. And that opens windows for deadly embraces (A waiting on B who is waiting on C who is waiting on A). -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Magen Margalit Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 6:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: User Catalog Hangs Hi. We've attempted to delete user catalog entries. The job issued RESERVE on the USER catalog dasd. After a while the job was cancelled while working and it seems that that the user catalog was hanged. Issuing the D GRS command showed some tasks had SHR ENQ for Qname: SYSIGGV2 Rname: UCAT and there were some EXCL request in WAIT status. The other lpars indicates that the RESERVE wasn't released to. Eventually we had to IPL the system. Any ideas/insights would be appreciated. Magen NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
