Vsam files corrupted

Hello Rogerio,

The file status "9)" can be interpreted as 9/041, which is in fact a run-time system error 041.

According to documentation:

COBRT041 Corrupt index file (Recoverable)

Your run-time system does not recognize the control information for an indexed file and as the index has been corrupted in some way the data in the file is no longer accessible by your system. This error is recoverable in the sense that it can be trapped but should you receive it, you can do little except to close any open files and stop your program's run.

Resolution:

You should identify the cause of the error. It might be something obvious such as a crash. You can run Rebuild using the /f option to find more about the nature of the corruption.

You should rerun your program using the backup copy of that file. If you have added a great deal of information to the file since you last took a backup you might like to rebuild the file using the Rebuild utility, which reads the data (if this has not been corrupted) and builds a new index for it.

Regards,

Hello MF_Fano,

Is there any problem reported loss records when using VSAM files on Windows Servers?

Sincerely Yours

Rogerio Barbosa

Hello MF_Fano,

I found this article describing this problem exactly,

www.dataaccess.com/.../opportunlockingreadcaching.html

Sincerely Yours

Rogerio Barbosa