You may also have an IDC3009I message. If so, I would check those codes as well.
Just a guess, that the IDCAMS handles VSAM better than IEFBR14. IDCAMS is code that works with the VSAM environment better. IEFBR14 is a do nothing program. So may not support this process. CAXWA count of active users has reached 32767, the maximum allowed. Programmer Response: Do not use the catalog until one of the current jobs allocated to it ends or logs off. You may want to open an SR with IBM. This may be a bug with either prior z/OS release, or v2.1. Try this command and see what CAXWA looks like F CATALOG,REPORT,PERFORMANCE Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Christian D > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 6:32 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Deleting Cluster Using IEFBR14 or IDCAMS > > Hi Group, > > Is there a difference in using the utility IEFBR14 and IDCAMS in deleting VSAM > cluster Dataset ? > > I used to Delete the Cluster Before using IEFBR14 before but now it fails. > > > //DEL EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 > > //TS DD DISP=(MOD,DELETE),UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(TRK,(0)), > > // DSN=CHRIS.TESTING.DB2.LL1 > > > > doesn't clear data set but raise > > > > IGD17105I CATALOG ERROR WHILE DELETING DATA SET 730 > > CHRIS.TESTING.DB2.LL1 > > RETURN CODE IS 84 REASON CODE IS 0 IGG0CLFK > > Explanation from Manual : > > 84 Explanation: CAXWA count of active users has > reached 32767, the maximum allowed. > > The Deletion works well with IDCAMS but not with IEFBR14. > > > Z/OS : 2.1 > > > Chris > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
