Recovering from Index Corruption

If the file management subsystem detects file corruption, it does not allow writing, updating, and deletion activities. The file manager attempts to honor read requests, but the attempt may not be successful.

If index entries have been corrupted, create a new KSAM XL file using the BUILD command. When the file is built, load the data from the original file using the FCOPY utility with the KEY=0 option. The KEY=0 option does not access the indexes in the source file. It merely transfers data records from source to target, creating new index entries after each record is copied.

The following routine creates a new file and loads it with the data records from the original accounts receivable file.

Figure 7-1 Index Corruption Recovery

:BUILD ARMSTR.MGR.AR;REC=-80,,F,ASCII;DEV=DISC;& DISC=100;KSAMXL;KEY=(N,4,6;& B,10,25,RDUP;& N,65,5,RDUP;& B,70,3,RDUP;& FIRSTREC=1;REUSE :FCOPY >FROM=OLDMSTR.MGR.AR;TO=(ARMSTR.MGR.AR);KEY=0 >EXIT