Dan - no go, I'm afraid. The 'R' command results in the same 'data set not catalogued' message.
John - yes, that is very much like one of my attempts, except the file involved is not a cluster Sean On 17 October 2016 at 20:20, John McKown <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 2:10 PM, Sean Gleann <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I've made a stupid mistake with one of my z/OS systems, and now I'm > hoping > > that someone can help me extricate myself.. > > > > I was in the process of moving a user catalog from one disk to another. > > > > Following examples from documentation on the IBM web site... > > Did an EXPORT TEMPORARY of the ucat to a 'flat' file, > > followed by DELETE catname RECOVERY USERCATALOG, > > and then a DEFINE of the catalog on it's new volume. > > (All going well so far - I should know better) > > > > The subsequent attempt at an IMPORT of the 'flat' file resulted in a JCL > > error 'data set not found'. > > > > If I use ISPF 3.4 to look at all the files on the disk involved, I can > see > > that the file does in fact exist. > > If I try 'I' or 'S', or 'browse', etc, I get 'data set not catalogued' > > > > The problem is that the flat file I created has a name that was aliased > to > > the catalog I've just deleted and redefined. (foot...gun...BANG) > > > > The VVDS entry for the export file points to a catalog that - while it > > exists - is empty. > > > > I've tried numerous attempts at RECATALOG and DELETE NVR NOSCRATCH, but > > nothing works because SMS can't find the data it needs to complete the > task > > I specify. > > > > You tried something like the below & it failed? > > > //RECAT JOB (H00000I),'JOHN MCKOWN', > // CLASS=Z, > // MSGCLASS=X, > // NOTIFY=&SYSUID > //STEP010 EXEC PGM=IDCAMS > //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* > //SYSIN DD * > DEF CLUSTER(NAME(SYS1.OS141774.SCPPEENU) - > VOLUME(LIHTS1) - > RECATALOG ) - > CAT(CATALOG.ICF.VI12CAT.MCAT) > /* > // > LIHTS1 DD DISP=OLD,UNIT=SYSDA,VOL=SER=LIHTS1 > /*EOF > > > > > > > > To add to the problem, the same catalog also had my SMS SCDS/ACDS aliased > > there, among numerous other datasets necessary for IPL. > > > > Yes, all very stupid, I know, and I believe I've learnt a very harsh > > lesson. > > But if anyone has got any ideas, I'd love to hear them. > > > > Sean > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > -- > Heisenberg may have been here. > > Unicode: http://xkcd.com/1726/ > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
