And now for the answer http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1OA36138
Turns out that issuing the DELETE NOSCRATCH on a 2.1 system can have a better effect (RACF/ACF2/TSS willing) and will clean up the mystery bit that gets set during a failed ALTER NEWNAME. Rob Schramm On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 2:21 AM Rob Schramm <[email protected]> wrote: > And here we go > > DELETE NOSCRATCH > > IDC3009I ** VSAM CATALOG RETURN CODE IS 90 - REASON CODE IS IGG0CLFO-54 > > 54 Explanation: DELETE failed because the data set is being renamed but > it has not completed. > Programmer Response: Rename the data set with the IDCAMS ALTER command and > then delete it. > > So I tried ALTER NEWNAME > > IDC3009I ** VSAM CATALOG RETURN CODE IS 130 - REASON CODE IS IGG0CLEC-18 > > 18 Explanation: The data set name specified in NEWNAME is involved in > another ALTER NEWNAME request that is not yet complete. > > So, the catalog "knows" there is an uncompleted ALTER NEWNAME.. > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 1:48 AM retired mainframer < > [email protected]> wrote: > > It helps if you show us the command you issued and the exact error message > you received, including the msg ID. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Rob Schramm > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 9:46 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Rename in-process catalog issue > > I am looking at some nonvsam catalog entries that indicate that a rename > has started. The problem is that the volume that the datasets used to > reside on does not exist anymore. > > I have tried DELETE NOSCRATCH which indicates that a rename is in-process > and to try ALTER .. ALTER won't work either. My understanding of the > special non-supported IBM tool to fix weird issues with VVDS entries.. is > that it won't help because I don't actually have a VVDS. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > -- > > Rob Schramm > -- Rob Schramm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
