How to restore a deleted dataset?

poulomi · New User Joined: 22 Feb 2007 Posts: 6 Location: INDIA

Hi all,

Currently I faced a problem of deletion of a dataset which had some relevent data. I want to restore the same.

Can some one help me with the code to restore the dataset from the tape?

or what is the process of getting a deleted dataset back?

Regards,

murmohk1 · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:56 am

poulomi,

poulomi · New User Joined: 22 Feb 2007 Posts: 6 Location: INDIA

Hi Murali,

Tried with them. But since duplicate datasets with same dataset name was created after deletion so it has become little bit difficult to track back the one which was of actual use.
So I was wondering if we have any code which can retrieve the required dataset at once.

Regards,

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:42 pm

How can You expect US to give the code to restore a specific dataset
if even Your organization dos not know what to restore ???

expat · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:46 pm

Easy - Start with the newest backup and work backwards until you find what you need.

Just restore to a new dataset name

Srinivasa Rao · New User Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 75

Most probably you storage team will take backup of all production files. Contact then and get the tape name where these files are backed up depending on date.

If in case you have authority try running this utility to restore dataset.

//STEP010 EXEC PGM=ADRDSSU
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//IN DD DSN=Tape dataset,DISP=OLD
//SYSIN DD *
RESTORE DATASET(INCLUDE( -
Data set to be restored -
)) -
RENUNC -
((dataset to be resored , new name to the restored dataset)) -
CATALOG REP -
INDD(IN)

expat · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 5:50 pm

Srinivasa Rao

How do you know that the backups were taken using DFdss ?

Srinivasa Rao · New User Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 75

Its a guess and I won't think there is an equivalent product which can simulate to Z/OS environment so perfectly as SMS. So I thought DFDss might have taken backup.