Deletion utility for XCF group members

Use the IXCDELET utility to delete XCF group members that are created, quiesced, or failed. Sample JCL to run the utility is described here and is shipped in SYS1.SAMPLIB.

Use discretion when considering whether to use the IXCDELET utility. Do not use the utility unless you understand the use of the member by its owning XCF application.

A user of the IXCDELET utility must be defined with UPDATE access to the FACILITY CLASS resource MVSADMIN.XCF.IXCM2DEL.

Identify the XCF group member to be deleted by its group name and its member name. The member to be deleted must be in one of the following states: created, quiesced, or failed. If the member is not in one of those states, the utility program fails.

XCF group members can be deleted one at a time. To delete multiple members, the IXCDELET utility must be run multiple times.

Start of change Sample JCL to run the IXCDELET utility to delete created, quiesced, or failed XCF group members is shipped in SYS1.SAMPLIB member IXCDELUT. End of change

The utility parameters are specified using a PARM= keyword on the EXEC PGM=IXCM2DEL statement that invokes the utility, as follows:

PARM='groupname,membername'

where groupname specifies the XCF group name of the member to be deleted and membername specifies the member name of the member to be deleted.