VSAM CLUSTER W/O DATA AND W/O INDEX

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VSAM CLUSTER W/O DATA AND W/O INDEX

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I have a cluster but it´s components (DATA and INDEX) are lost.
When I user IDCAMS "DELETE CLUSTER.NAME CLUSTER" it says "DATA SET NOT FOUND".
When I user IDCAMS "DEFINE CLUSTER CLUSTER.NAME ..... " it says "DATA SET ALREADY EXISTS".
I need to delete it in order to create again.
How can I do it?
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Re: VSAM CLUSTER W/O DATA AND W/O INDEX

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Have you tried the NSCR operand?
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Re: VSAM CLUSTER W/O DATA AND W/O INDEX

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Yes, I Tried NSCR.

But when deleting, I ever get "NOT FOUND".
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Re: VSAM CLUSTER W/O DATA AND W/O INDEX

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to help people who spend their time helping You
the best thing to do is to post the COMPLETE messages You received when running the job
But when deleting, I ever get "NOT FOUND".
"NOT FOUND" WHAT?
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Re: VSAM CLUSTER W/O DATA AND W/O INDEX

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I'm attaching of output listing fo IDCAMS exeuting
1. LISTCAT
2. DELETE CLETE CLUSTER
3. DEFINE CLUSTER

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1IDCAMS  SYSTEM SERVICES                                           TIME: 13:35:54        06/23/15     PAGE      1
0        
  LISTCAT ALL ENT(CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL)
0CLUSTER ------- CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL
      IN-CAT --- CATALOG.USER.VZPPS01
      HISTORY
        DATASET-OWNER-----(NULL)     CREATION--------2015.168
        RELEASE----------------2     EXPIRATION------0000.000
        BWO STATUS--------(NULL)     BWO TIMESTAMP-----(NULL)
        BWO---------------(NULL)
      PROTECTION-PSWD-----(NULL)     RACF----------------(NO)
      ASSOCIATIONS
        DATA-----CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL.D
        INDEX----CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL.I
0IDC3012I ENTRY CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL.D NOT FOUND
 IDC3009I ** VSAM CATALOG RETURN CODE IS 8 - REASON CODE IS IGG0CLEG-42
 IDC1566I ** CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL.D NOT LISTED
0IDC3012I ENTRY CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL.I NOT FOUND
 IDC3009I ** VSAM CATALOG RETURN CODE IS 8 - REASON CODE IS IGG0CLEG-42
 IDC1566I ** CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL.I NOT LISTED
1IDCAMS  SYSTEM SERVICES                                           TIME: 13:35:54        06/23/15     PAGE      2
0         THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES PROCESSED WAS:
0                   AIX -------------------0
                    ALIAS -----------------0
                    CLUSTER ---------------1
                    DATA ------------------0
                    GDG -------------------0
                    INDEX -----------------0
                    NONVSAM ---------------0
                    PAGESPACE -------------0
                    PATH ------------------0
                    SPACE -----------------0
                    USERCATALOG -----------0
                    TAPELIBRARY -----------0
                    TAPEVOLUME ------------0
                    TOTAL -----------------1
0         THE NUMBER OF PROTECTED ENTRIES SUPPRESSED WAS 0
0IDC0001I FUNCTION COMPLETED, HIGHEST CONDITION CODE WAS 4
0        
  DELETE (CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL) CLUSTER
0IDC3012I ENTRY CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL NOT FOUND
 IDC3009I ** VSAM CATALOG RETURN CODE IS 8 - REASON CODE IS IGG0CLA3-42
 IDC0551I ** ENTRY CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL NOT DELETED
0IDC0001I FUNCTION COMPLETED, HIGHEST CONDITION CODE WAS 8
0        
  DEFINE CLUSTER (NAME(CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL)                               -
                  VOLUME(ZPPS04)                                      -
                  INDEXED                                             -
                  RECORDS(29000 5800)                                 -
                  SPEED                                               -
                  SHAREOPTIONS(3 3)                                   -
                 )                                                    -
         DATA    (NAME(CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL.D)                             -
                  CONTROLINTERVALSIZE(32768)                          -
                  RECORDSIZE(1028 32700)                              -
                  FREESPACE(5 5)                                      -
                  KEYS(80 0)                                          -
                 )                                                    -
         INDEX   (NAME(CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL.I)                             -
                  CONTROLINTERVALSIZE(4096)                           -
                 )
0IDC3013I DUPLICATE DATA SET NAME
 IDC3009I ** VSAM CATALOG RETURN CODE IS 8 - REASON CODE IS IGG0CLEH-38
0IDC3003I FUNCTION TERMINATED. CONDITION CODE IS 12
1IDCAMS  SYSTEM SERVICES                                           TIME: 13:35:54        06/23/15     PAGE      3
0        
0IDC0002I IDCAMS PROCESSING COMPLETE. MAXIMUM CONDITION CODE WAS 12

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Re: VSAM CLUSTER W/O DATA AND W/O INDEX

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Where do you provide the output of your

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DELETE (CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL) NSCR
command? You provided output that is totally irrelevant without giving us the output that we want to see.

A VSAM data set has information in the catalog as well as on the disk volume. The symptoms you have described indicate the catalog entry exists but the data sets do not exist on the indicated volumes. The NSCR option of the IDCAMS DELETE command is specifically to resolve this problem, which is why we told you to use it.
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It also does not work.
Again here is the listing.

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1IDCAMS  SYSTEM SERVICES                                           TIME: 09:46:23        06/24/15     PAGE      1
0        
  LISTCAT ALL ENT(CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL)
0CLUSTER ------- CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL
      IN-CAT --- CATALOG.USER.VZPPS01
      HISTORY
        DATASET-OWNER-----(NULL)     CREATION--------2015.168
        RELEASE----------------2     EXPIRATION------0000.000
        BWO STATUS--------(NULL)     BWO TIMESTAMP-----(NULL)
        BWO---------------(NULL)
      PROTECTION-PSWD-----(NULL)     RACF----------------(NO)
      ASSOCIATIONS
        DATA-----CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL.D
        INDEX----CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL.I
0IDC3012I ENTRY CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL.D NOT FOUND
 IDC3009I ** VSAM CATALOG RETURN CODE IS 8 - REASON CODE IS IGG0CLEG-42
 IDC1566I ** CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL.D NOT LISTED
0IDC3012I ENTRY CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL.I NOT FOUND
 IDC3009I ** VSAM CATALOG RETURN CODE IS 8 - REASON CODE IS IGG0CLEG-42
 IDC1566I ** CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL.I NOT LISTED
1IDCAMS  SYSTEM SERVICES                                           TIME: 09:46:23        06/24/15     PAGE      2
0         THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES PROCESSED WAS:
0                   AIX -------------------0
                    ALIAS -----------------0
                    CLUSTER ---------------1
                    DATA ------------------0
                    GDG -------------------0
                    INDEX -----------------0
                    NONVSAM ---------------0
                    PAGESPACE -------------0
                    PATH ------------------0
                    SPACE -----------------0
                    USERCATALOG -----------0
                    TAPELIBRARY -----------0
                    TAPEVOLUME ------------0
                    TOTAL -----------------1
0         THE NUMBER OF PROTECTED ENTRIES SUPPRESSED WAS 0
0IDC0001I FUNCTION COMPLETED, HIGHEST CONDITION CODE WAS 4
0        
  DELETE CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL NOSCRATCH
0IDC3012I ENTRY CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL NOT FOUND
 IDC3009I ** VSAM CATALOG RETURN CODE IS 8 - REASON CODE IS IGG0CLA3-42
 IDC0551I ** ENTRY CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL NOT DELETED
0IDC0001I FUNCTION COMPLETED, HIGHEST CONDITION CODE WAS 8
0        
  DELETE CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL  CLUSTER NOSCRATCH
0IDC3012I ENTRY CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL NOT FOUND
 IDC3009I ** VSAM CATALOG RETURN CODE IS 8 - REASON CODE IS IGG0CLA3-42
 IDC0551I ** ENTRY CAI.NMC1.OSCNTL NOT DELETED
0IDC0001I FUNCTION COMPLETED, HIGHEST CONDITION CODE WAS 8
0        
0IDC0002I IDCAMS PROCESSING COMPLETE. MAXIMUM CONDITION CODE WAS 8
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You AGAIN replied with "did not work" -- which is totally useless. You SHOULD have replied that your DELETE NSCR command failed with return code 8 and reason code 42 -- this would at least give us some information to use (as opposed to the nothing "did not work" gives us). Of course, you also SHOULD have looked up the return code / reason code in the manual yourself since responders on this forum are not manual readers for you -- learn how to use the Messages and Codes manuals, at least!

I did look up the code, and the manual says
42 Explanation: The catalog record for the requested
entry could not be found.
Programmer Response: Ensure that the entry name
specified on the access method services command is in
the catalog specified.
At this point, you MUST contact your site support group and work with them. We do not work at your site and have no idea which catalog was used for the data set, but your site support group can find this out and help you add the CATALOG option to your DELETE NOSCR command so the catalog entry will be removed.

The bottom line is that this is an error that can only be resolved through your site support group.
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