A non-persistent structure is deleted when the last connection to the structure is deleted. If, however, the connection to the structure has failed, the connection must be deleted before the system can delete the structure. Consider your environment when deciding how to delete structures with failed-persistent connections:

• In a production environment where data integrity is important, you might restart the application to cleanup or reconnect the failed-persistent connections and use the applications' normal shut down procedure to cause the application to disconnect and stop using the structure. Once there are no longer any connections in the active or failed-persistent state, you can issue the SETXCF FORCE command to force the deletion of the structure.
• In a test environment or when data integrity is not important, use the SETXCF FORCE command to delete each individual failed-persistent connection. When no active or failed-persistent connections remain, you can use the SETXCF FORCE command to force the deletion of the structure.