In this example, VSAM volume records (VVRs) belonging to a data component of a key-sequenced cluster are deleted from the VVDS. The purpose of this example is to clean up the VVDS when there are residual records as a result of an error.

//DELET14    JOB   ...
//STEP1     EXEC  PGM=IDCAMS
//DD1       DD    VOL=SER=VSER01,UNIT=3380,DISP=OLD
//SYSPRINT  DD    SYSOUT=A
//SYSIN     DD    *
     DELETE -
            EXAMPLE.KSDS01.DATA -
            FILE(DD1) -
            VVR
/*

The DELETE command deletes the VVRs associated with a VSAM cluster from the VVDS and from the VTOC. Its parameters are:

• EXAMPLE.KSDS01.DATA is the name of the data component of the cluster.
• FILE specifies the ddname of a DD statement that describes the volumes that contain VVDS entries associated with this cluster.
• VVR specifies that only the VVRs for the cluster are to be deleted.