If all that is left is a catalog entry, then check out the DEL vsam with NVR or Truename parms
Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Rodatz, William J > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 8:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: VSAM Catalog Entries and no Disk Device & VVDS > > Hi Everyone, > > I have encountered some VSAM catalog entries that are associated with a disk > volume that no longer exists. I would imagine someone reinitialized the > device without first moving the datasets. In this case, there is no physical > device and no VVDS. I have made many attempts to remove the catalog entries > but each attempt results in an allocation of the missing device. Has anyone > successfully removed VSAM catalog entries under these circumstances? > > Thank you! > > Bill > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
