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Hi,

Whenever i am trying to edit a VSAM file through fileaid, i am getting the error file is already in use, please try later.
Is there any way to find out which job or user is holding the file?

Thanks,
Jitender

Master Console command:

D GRS,RES=(*,&DSN)

Hello,

When you get the "in use" message, try pressing F1 two times.

Dick,

Pressing F1 two times doesn't work for me. It just gives the message that file is allocated to another job or user.

MrSpock,
Can you please tell me how to use this command and where.

Thanks,
Jitender Singh

Hello,

Yup, i wasn't sure about the 2 F1s in fileaid (works well in tso/ispf). . . Bummer.

As Mr Spock mentioned "D GRS,RES=(*,&DSN)" is a console command. On many systems, these commands are not available to developers.

You can also use "TSO WHOHAS <Vsam File Name>" in ISPF

Hello,

WHOHAS is site-specific and is not available on every system. . .

I have a JCL which does the rename for a flat file using IDCAMS.

The JCL Looks as below:

//ZZ25TEST JOB 1,'RENAME',MSGCLASS=2,CLASS=Y,NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//*==============================================================
//*%%R S=RENAME1 P=IDCAMS R=*
//*%%C RENAME THE FILE FROM READY TO COMPLETE
//*==============================================================
//*
//RENAME1 EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *
ALTER ZZ25.READY -
NEWNAME (ZZ25.COMPLETE)
//*

This job failed couple of times with the error message:
IDC3028I DATA SET IN USE
IDC3009I ** VSAM CATALOG RETURN CODE IS 184 - REASON CODE IS IGG0CLEC-4

I saw in IBM Support site a post which is very much similar to my problem:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.w ... g3T1010350
I am not able to understand the post in IBM Website.

I am sure that my dataset was not opened any where even then the failure message says" DATASET IN USE".

Can someone help me in overcoming this failure message?

Thanks for your help.
-Rupesh.

Wow!

I don't think the IBM reference you found has anything to do with your immediate problem. It describes an issue with VSAM data sets, but you are trying to rename what you claim is a non-VSAM data set.

I'll try to cut through some of the terminology in the IBM reference.

MIM (also known as CA-MIM) is a fairly popular alternative to the IBM GRS function. MIM appeared years before GRS, and most sites that used MIM kept on using it rather than convert to GRS. Converting from MIM to GRS was difficult in the early days of GRS, and there were quite a few difficulties with GRS early on that caused many sites to not use GRS. MIM provides more capability than GRS in many respects, which is another reason that it is still widely used If I read the IBM document correctly, there is a known issue with MIM, corrected by a CA PTF to MIM, that will correct the MIM problem, which, in any event, doesn't appear to have anything to do with your problem. The IBM reference discusses a method to work around the MIM problem.

Many sites have WHOHAS, so you might try it. I believe it is readily available through CBT (www.cbttape.org). I do not believe it is difficult to install, but finding it is non-trivial.

Hello,

I am sure that my dataset was not opened any where even then the failure message says" DATASET IN USE".

Neither dataset name may be in use. . .

Suggest you create a new file of a completely different name and then run the ALTER. If this works, one of the original names must have somehow been in use.