Deallocation failed for data set 'SYS1.MIM.AUTH'

rahulbank · Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 1:47 pm

Hi, I am trying to delete a DSN and it gives me this message.

Deallocation failed for data set 'SYS1.MIM.AUTH'. Please advice.

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 4:31 pm

How do you issue DELETE? ISPF D(elete) or IDCAMS DELETE, was there soem message ID associated with that message?

rahulbank · Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 5:38 pm

I tried ISPF , IDCAMS with force and purge also....I was not able to find any message...

expat · Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 5:42 pm

Post the SYSOUT and SYSPRINT from the IDCAMS for a start

rahulbank · Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 6:01 pm

Looked up in the log and found this:

IOS000I 0108,EE,WRI,05,0200,,04580000,SGC0PC,NBKTJXC ,
80020000400000000416CE0A070000007180000097142F0000004CC000000000
IEC603I VTOC ERRORS MAY EXIST ON 0108,SGC0PC,0
IEC614I SCRATCH FAILED - RC 008, DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION IS (0833107F),
LOGON1,SGC0PC,SYS1.MIM.AUTH

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 6:04 pm

what does Your storage support say ??

expat · Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 6:08 pm

What does it say in the MVS System Messages manuals(s)

nevilh · Active User Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Posts: 262

An IOSxxx message followedby an IEC603I is often an indication of a hardware problem. Have you had a look at the Erep data? If the VTOC is indexed on the disk it may be worth rebuilding the index to see if that helps . The error message implies the problem is writing data to the disk and if you are trying to delete the dataset the update is probably taking place in the VTOC.