Why do you want to VERIFY a catalog? That seems very unusual to me. Have you made sure that nobody is using it? And have you then done a
F CATALOG,CLOSE(CATALOG.TSO.USERS) F CATALOG,UNALLOCATE(CATALOG.TSO.USERS) I'm not sure, but this may allow you to VERIFY the catalog. Assuming somebody doesn't do a catalog lookup which undoes the MODIFY commands. Instead of VERIFY, perhaps you should do an EXAMINE: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/DGT2I290/22.0 -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Buckton, T. (Theo) > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 2:53 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Catalog IDCAMS Verify - IEC161I 032-015 > > Hi All, > > Please advise what this message code means. The manuals are > not very informative. I try to verify a catalog, and this > message is generated, failing with RC=12. The error has > something to do with the opening of the catalog. The reason > code is what I need to know. > > COMMAND INPUT ===> > VERIFY FILE(FILE01) > 0IDC3300I ERROR OPENING CATALOG.TSO.USERS > IDC3351I ** VSAM OPEN RETURN CODE IS 148 > 0IDC3003I FUNCTION TERMINATED. CONDITION CODE IS 12 > 0 > > ******************** > Nedbank Limited Reg No 1951/000009/06. The following link displays > the names of the Nedbank Board of Directors and Company Secretary. > [ http://www.nedbank.co.za/terms/DirectorsNedbank.htm ] > This email is confidential and is intended for the addressee only. > The following link will take you to Nedbank's legal notice. > [ http://www.nedbank.co.za/terms/EmailDisclaimer.htm ] > ******************** > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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

