Ok, thanks.   Diagnose was the correct thing to do anyway since it gives you 
the corrective action.

Regards,

Mark
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On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:18:21 -0600, Ken French <[email protected]> wrote:

>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
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