Why not just pick one of the larger high level qualifiers and move it to another usercat, especially if the large high level is lightly used? MERGECAT will move the high level, and then all you need to do is delete and redefine the alias in all of the effected master catalogs. This might buy you more time until Sunday.
C. Todd Burrell, PMP, MCP Lead z/OS Systems Programmer ITSO (404) 723-2017 (Cell) -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 1:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: USERCAT Error (Out of Space) ---------------------------------------<snip>--------------------------- ------ I've got this out of space problem in one of our user catalogs. Since this particular catalog is used by a bunch of STC, I was thinking of expanding the catalog this Sunday in a window. Here's my question...Is it possible to REORG the catalog to reclaim "dead space"? I've deleted about 600 entries but that only bought me about 4 hours until it got full again. ---------------------------------------<unsnip>------------------------- ------- In one of the manuals, I forget which, under the main heading "Managing ICF Catalogs", there was a set of sample JCL that demonstrated the exact process for the re-org of a ICF Catalog. I've used that JCL for years with nary a problem, although I broke it into multiple jobs for my own peace of mind. Select a quiet time, check it through to be sure you understand exactly what it's doing and I think you'll be quite pleased with the results. You should also investigate WHY this condition is occuring and consider alternative mechanisms when you find the problem/issue/process. -- Rick -- Remember that if you're not the lead dog, the view never changes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
