There is a VVDSFIX (not officially supported/use at own risk) available from IBM.
Also, the two ISV catalog tools (Dino and CR+) can fix these errors. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Gerry Tracey > Sent: Friday, February 05, 2016 9:53 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Catalog VVDS confusion > > Hi, > > I have had problems with Rocket Softwares CSL doing a Repro Mergecat when > the backward pointer was incorrect. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 5 Feb 2016, at 10:29, Peter Ten Eyck > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I was unable to find an exact answer to my question, but I found a number > of references that in general suggest possible lurking problems. > > > > Introduction to Catalogs in manual z/OS DFSMS Managing Catalogs: > > > > "To successfully perform all possible operations on a cataloged data set > using the catalog, all three elements, the VVDS, BCS, and VTOC, must be > synchronized." > > > > Analyzing a Catalog for Synchronization Errors in manual z/OS DFSMS > Managing Catalogs: > > > > "Catalog entries might become unsynchronized, so that information about > the attributes and characteristics of a data set are different in the BCS, > VVDS, > and VTOC. These differences may make a data set inaccessible or otherwise > unusable." > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
