thank you Dave for your response. Yes, the DISP was SHR so from what you are saying, it would have been possible for the file to get deleted while the job was running.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C] Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 1:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: can SMS managed VSAM file be deleted while allocated Suggest you download DAF (Dataset Audit Facility) from CBT and get a definitive answer for when the file was deleted and by whom. Also what was the DISP for the job allocating the file? I once clobbered a file even though it was in use. Since the DISP was SHR, the answer from IBM was WAD. Dave O'Brien NIH Contractor ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Barkow, Eileen [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 1:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: can SMS managed VSAM file be deleted while allocated is it possible for a VSAM file on an SMS managed volume to be deleted while it is still allocated to a job? i am trying to determine how and when a file got deleted (ie: either while the job was running or afterwards). i am not sure if the file was actually opened by the program executing the job step, but it was allocated to the job stream via jcl with the IGD103I SMS ALLOCATED TO DDNAME message issued. and i do not think that the program would have dynamically de-allocated the file. if it matters, the VSAM file was defined with share options 4,3. thanks in advance for any info about this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

