How to remove archive indexes that are uncataloged.

Products

• Disk Backup and Restore - MVS

Issue/Introduction

Getting index pointers to data set that does not exist.  How can un-catalogued datasets be removed from the Archive file?

Resolution

 

Since the purposes is to change certain files expiration date  there are  2 options.:

1) Use a IXUPDATE for that file and change it's EXPDATE but it will still be referenced on the ARCHVOL.

2) Or do a PURGE for that datatset and it will break the pointers and the archvol will not reference the file (DSNINDEX record)

 

With either option once the MERGE runs things will roll off and clean up based on when and what control statements you use in your MERGE job.