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bibek24

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:11 pm
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Is there any way to recover previous generations of a GDG dataset?
While browsing a dataset, I'm not able to see few earlier generations of a dataset.
How to recover them?

Thanks.
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enrico-sorichetti

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:35 pm
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ask Your storage support group,
- if backups are available
- about the recovery strategy for GDGs

a recovery without appropriate dsname assignment
might foul up the generation sequence
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Robert Sample

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:52 pm
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Also, if you need to get to generations that have rolled off, you may want to discuss with your storage support group changing the number of generations that are kept -- perhaps it is set too low?
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bibek24

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:09 pm
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Just to let u know that the dataset has a limit of 10 generations.
I also tried with checking the backup through the following command

Code:
HLIST LEV('<dataset Name>') BCDS.


And found the backup is there from the following message

DSN=MARK07.EXTRACT.SCS218.DAILY.G2179V00 BACK FREQ = *** MAX VERS=***

BDSN=DFHSM.BACK.T505019.MARK07.EXTRACT.J8262 BACKVOL=Z18357 FRVOL=MIZ491
BACKDATE=08/09/18 BACKTIME=19:50:30 CAT=YES GEN=000 VER=001 UNS/RET= NO
RACF IND=NO BACK PROF=NO

But when I tried to recover it through HRECOVER command,its failing with following message:

ARC1001I MARK07.EXTRACT.SCS218.DAILY.G2178V00 RECOVER FAILED, RC=0039,
ARC1001I (CONT.) REAS=0015
ARC1139I ERROR PROCESSING RACF PROTECTED DATA SET, RECOVERY/RECALL/DELETE
ARC1139I (CONT.) TERMINATED
RECOVER REQUEST 00189464 SENT TO DFSMSHSM

The dataset I am trying to recover is a production dataset and therefore its showing Protected in the error message.
Is there any other reason,want to know?

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dick scherrer

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:15 pm
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Hello,

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Is there any other reason,want to know?
I do not understand what this is asking.

To recover the file, your storage management people should be able to help.
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