[Info-vax] Device with owner that doesn't exist.

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In article <qopgai$h92$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>On 2019-10-23, Volker Halle <volker_halle at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> The OpenVMS Freeware V8 tool CLRREF may help as well:
>>
>> https://www.digiater.nl/openvms/freeware/v80/clrref/
>>
>> Use at your own risk.
>>
>
>On the plus side however, if it goes wrong, Jan-Erik will get the
>reboot he needs to clear the reference in a supported way. :-)
>
>Seriously however, it's probably indeed best to make sure the system
>is idle and not in the middle of doing something important before
>running this tool just in case.

I've done this in the past using DELTA.  Of course, this requires a bit of
VMS internals knowledge, SDA knowledge, DELTA knowledge and the privileges
to do so.  Certainly, a dood VMS system manager would know all of this. ;)

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