Mark - I got an error when I ran LISTCAT ENT(data_component) ALL, presumably because the volume that the DATA component pointed to did not exist on the system. Thus I was unable to see the expected 'ASSOCIATIONS' information for the DATA component, which would have given me the name of the associated CLUSTER. When I ran LISTCAT ENT(data_component) DATA I got no error, but the command simply returned the name of the DATA component and the catalog where it was cataloged (no CLUSTER info).
The message I got from the DELETE TRUENAME told me the base object (CLUSTER) actually existed, which lead me to run DIAGNOSE to try to figure out the associated CLUSTER name. Once I had a CLUSTER name the DELETE <sphere_name> CLUSTER NOSCRATCH worked without problem. - Ken > Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:50:55 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Unable to Delete Orphaned VSAM Data Components > To: [email protected] > > On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:58:20 -0600, Ken French <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Mark, Craig and all that contributed - > > > >I ran DIAGNOSE on the USERCAT that contained the entry for the DATA > >component I was trying to delete and found the associated CLUSTER name. Both > >the DATA and CLUSTER component names were in the DB2 naming convention that > >I'm not very familiar with. Once I found the CLUSTER name I was able to > >issue DELETE <entry> CLUSTER NOSCRATCH against the CLUSTER entry, which > >deleted both the DATA component and the CLUSTER. > > > >The error message received from the DELETE TRUENAME attempt told the story: > > > >Explanation: An incorrect DELETE TRUENAME request was specified. The > >associated base object exists. Programmer Response: User error. > > > >Thanks to all for the help. > > > > If you had added "ALL" to your listcat (which I was going to suggest), that > should have shown the cluster name associated with the data component. > > Glad you have it resolved. > > Regards, > > Mark > -- > Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS > mailto:[email protected] > Mark's MVS Utilities: http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html > Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
