I tried that and it failed because when you use export/import, catalog code expects you to import using the same name and the same volume so unless you can use the same volser and the same catalog name this will not work.
-------------------------------------------- On Thu, 9/15/16, Gibney, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: REASON: 3 - RECORD TYPE NOT RECOGNIZED To: [email protected] Received: Thursday, September 15, 2016, 3:25 PM Well, try to IMPORT the back-up on a test system or different name and see what happens. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of willie bunter > Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 10:07 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: REASON: 3 - RECORD TYPE NOT RECOGNIZED > > I was told that EXPORT/IMPORT would not fix the problem because it would > export the bad records only REPOR MERGECAT would work. > > I ran a LISTCAT on the dataset (as flagged by the DIAGNOSE) and it came > clean. This leads me to believe that it may not be the offending dsn. The dsn > is on the volumes (3) > > The catalog is backed up via IDCAMS EXPORT daily successfully. > > I plan to run a VERIFY/EXAMINE (as recommended) and see what comes out. > > -------------------------------------------- > On Wed, 9/14/16, retired mainframer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Subject: Re: REASON: 3 - RECORD TYPE NOT RECOGNIZED > To: [email protected] > Received: Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 12:37 PM > > REPRO MERGECAT does not > seem like the best choice to me. It might work for a user catalog since the > DSN is not needed by users to access their datasets. For every level that is > moved, you need to change the alias in the master to relate to the new DSN. > (This is what the warning is about.) What will REPRO do when it encounters > the bad record? > > It's been a while but I seem to remember using EXPORT followed by IMPORT > for issues like this. Don't forget to lock the catalog for the job's > duration. (You may need to do this during scheduled down time without > users accessing the catalog.) > > What happens if you try to > access the dataset by way of the catalog, such as specifying it on a DD > statement? Have you tried to manually delete and recreate the offending > catalog entry? Is the dataset physically on the volume the catalog thinks it's > on? > > From where > would you restore the catalog? How was it backed up? If by DFDSS, was it a > physical or logical backup? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] > On > > Behalf Of willie bunter > > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 4:33 AM > To: IBM- > [email protected] > Subject: Re: REASON: 3 - RECORD TYPE NOT > RECOGNIZED > > The DIAGNOSE gives the same error and no change. I ran > examine (using the following > parms) and " > NO ERRORS DETECTED" > > > > INDEXTEST DATATEST > > > ITEST NODATATEST ERRORLIMIT(1000) > > > NOITEST DATATEST ERRORLIMIT(1000) > > > > I ran LISTCAT against the CATALOG and it flagged the same VSAM dsn > posting the > following error messages: > > IEC331I > 028-002,LISTCAT ,STEP1 ,IGG0CLEG > > According to the problem explanation > > Explanation: An I/O error processing > the > > catalog occurred while processing > an access > > method services command that > requires > > modifying the catalog. > > Programmer Response: Messages IEC331I, > IEC332I, and IEC333I have > been printed to aid > in determining the cause of the error and > where > the error occurred. If a hardware error > is not causing the problem, > restore or > rebuild the catalog. > > > > I have > read up on the process of rebuilding the catalog (REPRO > MERGECAT) however > > there could be a > problem when using LEVEL or ENTRIES parm. According to the doc > "may > cause data sets to no longer be found". This is not reassuring. > > > > I would prefer to > restore the CATALOG which seems safer. I would like guidance on this > > subject. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
