You can use iebupdte. 2009/7/7 Hal Merritt <[email protected]>
> 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

