Failures during SCRATCH or DELETE

System failures that occur when scratching (or deleting) RACF-protected DASD data sets can cause deletion of the data set profile in the RACF® database even though the RACF indicator is left on.

To recover, perform the following steps:

Examine the error messages to identify the failure.
List the data set profile for the affected data set.
If the volume information in the data set profile still exists, rerun the SCRATCH (or DELETE) operation.
If the volume information in the data set profile does not exist, use the TSO LISTDS (or access method services LISTCAT) command to determine if the RACF indicator is set in the DSCB (or catalog entry) for the data set.
If the RACF indicator is still set, enter the ALTDSD command with the NOSET and ADDVOL operands to re-create the information in the data set profile. If the data set profile does not exist, enter the ADDSD command with the NOSET operand to re-create it. Then rerun the SCRATCH (or DELETE) operation.