I looked at that option but the bad record(s) will be moved as well. -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 9/16/16, Mike Schwab <[email protected]> wrote:
Subject: Re: REASON: 3 - RECORD TYPE NOT RECOGNIZED To: [email protected] Received: Friday, September 16, 2016, 1:31 PM http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1II13354 For reorging / moving a catalog to a new volume. http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.idac100/dffvol.htm New location, possibly updated. On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 12:23 PM, willie bunter <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
