You could also use "DELETE xxx NSCR NVSAM" for a non-vsam dataset. In this way, you wouldn't need the DDNAME.
On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 11:09 AM, John McKown <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Paul Gilmartin < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 07:04:45 +0000, Vernooij, Kees (ITOPT1) - KLM wrote: > > > > >DELETE xxx NOSCRATCH? > > > > > I'm guessing that the OP wants it not only uncatalogued but also > scratched. > > > > So, the DELETE xxx NSCR will remove the name from the catalog. A "DELETE > xxx NVR FILE(ddname)" where "ddname" points to a DD similar to: > > //DDNAME DD UNIT=SYSDA,DISP=OLD,VOL=SER=volser > > The NVR is for a non-VSAM data set. Replace it with VVR for a VSAM data > set. This should remove it from the VTOC, VTOCIX, and VVDS on the volume > referred to on the "ddname" volume. > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Buckton, T. (Theo) > > >> Sent: 24 October, 2017 9:00 > > >> > > >> I need some advice. How would one delete a VSAM data set that has a > > >> catalog error and sitting on a non-existent volume name? The volume > was > > >> relabelled, but the data set was never deleted from the volume. > > > > -- gil > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > -- > I just child proofed my house. > But the kids still manage to get in. > > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > -- Randolph S. Gibbons IT Specialist - OS/SYSADMIN Information Technology Directorate Office of the Chief Information Officer U.S. Department of the Interior 303-969-7139 (Office) 303-999-6979 (Cell) [email protected] www.DOI.gov/OCIO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
