Dan - yes, I tried that. I get " '(filename)' was not found in catalog. " John
On 17 October 2016 at 20:37, Blake, Daniel J [CTR] < 000000f1be92566d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Did you press PF1 to see more information as to why the rename did not > work? > > Thank You > > > Dan Blake – Team Leader > > > dbl...@fdic.gov > FDIC ISC-3 O&M Service Delivery | Room B4072 > O: (703) 516-5497 | BB: (703) 314-0501 | M: (703) 946-2967 > > > Advanced Out of Office Notice: > > Telecommute: October 24-28, 2016. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Sean Gleann > Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 3:35 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: VVDS points to non-existent catalog > > 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 <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 2:10 PM, Sean Gleann <sean.gle...@gmail.com> > > 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 lists...@listserv.ua.edu 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 lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
