IMS came with a utility that did exactly that and I adopted the empty-and-repopulate process with very good results for a number of products.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Hoelscher Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 12:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Delete all members of a PDS with JCL we have run into may situations where when we are upgrading to a new release of a product (say IDMS or DB2) - we warn all users that ad-hoc jobs that access the runtime-loadlibs will mis-behave during the upgrade additionally - many jobs have JCL included for libraries they simply don;t need however - many dont listen and submit jobs anyhow - we chose not to take the time to cancel these jobs so we can rename or delete - we just empty the PDS and then re-load with the newer contents! Chris Hoelscher Senior IDMS & DB2 Database Administrator Humana Inc 502-476-2538 [email protected] 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
