Delete a User Catalog for Recovery: Example 2

In this example, a user catalog is deleted in preparation for replacing it with an imported backup copy. The VVDS and VTOC entries for objects defined in the catalog are not deleted and the data sets are not scratched.

//DELET13    JOB   ...
//STEP1     EXEC  PGM=IDCAMS
//DD1       DD    VOL=SER=VSER01,UNIT=3380,DISP=OLD
//SYSPRINT  DD    SYSOUT=A
//SYSIN     DD    *
     DELETE -
            USERCAT4 -
            FILE(DD1) -
            RECOVERY -
            USERCATALOG
/*

The DELETE command deletes a user catalog without deleting the VVDS and VTOC entries of the objects defined in the catalog. Its parameters are:

• USERCAT4 is the name of the catalog.
• FILE specifies the ddname of a DD statement that describes the user catalog's volume and causes it to be mounted.
• RECOVERY specifies that only the catalog data set is deleted without deleting the objects defined in the catalog.
• USERCATALOG specifies that the entryname identifies a user catalog. When a user catalog is to be deleted, the USERCATALOG parameter is required.