How to Delete DEEP ARCHIVED Datasets without Recall???

ykishore · New User Joined: 12 Aug 2005 Posts: 53 Location: USA

HI all

i want to delete set of datasets which were migrated .i mean without recalling them to DASD. to some extent did that,but for some datasets im getting message like "unable to delete datasets as Datasets are Deep Archived" i dont understand what is Deep Archived? and how to delete those datasets? Hope you guys understand my problem?? please provide me the solutions for the same

khaarthikm · New User Joined: 08 Aug 2005 Posts: 15

Hey Kishore,

Try using HDELETE ' File name'.. i think it will delete the file without recalling it...

thanks

Rupesh.Kothari · Member of the Month Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 463

Hi YKishore,

HDELETE command delete the migrated dataset without recalling it.

Thanks & Regards
Rupesh

radhakrishnan82 · Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:26 pm

HDELETE is used to delete the migrated ds without being recalled.

ykishore · New User Joined: 12 Aug 2005 Posts: 53 Location: USA

Hi all

Thanks for ur information. i did use the same command to delete the datasets. but few are giving like "unable to delete as they were DEEP ARCHIVED" . can you guys explain me what it means and how to delete these datasets???this is urgent requirement???