Deleting a TSS Table from a TSS Data Set

The Remove a Table pop-up window allows you to delete TSS tables that you no longer need from the TSS data set.

To move a TSS table from one TSS data set to another, see Unloading-a-TSS-Table-from-a-TSS-Data-Set.

Panel flow – Deleting a TSS Table from a TSS Data Set

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Before you begin

You must have created a TSS data set. See See TSS-Data-Sets and Allocating-and-Formatting-a-TSS-Data-Set, as well as Defining-a-TSS-Table for information and instructions. for information and instructions.

Note

Deleting a TSS table does not automatically free space in the TSS data set. You must perform a TSS data set reorganization to reclaim the space. See Reorganizing-a-TSS-Data-Set-While-Not-in-Use for instructions.

 

To Delete a TSS Table from the TSS Data Set

  1. Go to the ETA Translate Sub-System panel. From the ETA Main Menu, type 1 in the Selection field and press Enter. The ETA Translate Sub-System panel is displayed.
  2. Specify basic TSS information, then go to the Remove a Table pop-up window. For this task, ignore data in the Table name field.
    1. Type 5 in the Selection field.
    2. Press Enter. The Remove a Table pop-up window is displayed.
    3. Scroll through the list of TSS tables until you find the table that you want to delete.
    4. Type D in the Act field of each TSS table that you want to delete and press Enter. The Confirm Remove pop-up window is displayed.

    5. Acknowledge or cancel each deletion.

       

      If you want to...

      Then type...

      Remove the table

      1 in the selection field and press Enter. After you have confirmed all of the deletions that you selected, the Remove a Table pop-up window is displayed.

      Cancel the deletion

      2 in the selection field and press Enter. The Remove a Table pop-up window is displayed.

  3. Press F3 until the ETA Main Menu is displayed.

Where to go from here

Perform one of the following actions:

 

If you want to...

Then..

Reclaim DASD previously used by the deleted TSS table

Delete the TSS table data from the IMS control region on an IMS system that uses cache buffering for access to TSS data sets

Refresh the TSS tables in the IMS control region. See Refreshing-TSS-Table-Data-in-an-IMS-Control-Region for instructions.

 

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