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CATVMFRE - Reorganize the Volume Master File

In the event that the Volume Master File is corrupted or destroyed, it may be necessary to reorganize it from the most recent backup copy. This process rebuilds all of the chains and attempts to repair invalidly chained multivolume data sets. Run the CAI.CTAPPROC (CATVCVS) PROC to obtain the volumes with chaining errors and then make any necessary repairs before the reorganization. The technique used for ++REORG is different from ++RESTORE in not using TLMSIDCK to define the VMF. No changes can be made from the backup versions.

The VMF Index file must be re-created immediately after the VMF has been reorganized. See "CATVMFXI - Initialize or Re-create the VMF Index File" in this chapter.