Recall dataset in a job

Joe_Song · New User Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 53 Location: china

Any sample code to recall some datasets in a batch job?

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:43 am

Hello,

If you reference a migrated dataset in the jcl it will be recalled.

Joe_Song · New User Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 53 Location: china

Yes , i c, but i want to use the recall command to do the specific recall, i forgot how to wright the whole command, any idea?

Joe_Song · New User Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 53 Location: china

got it, can just use HRECALL 'TEST.DATA1' WAIT command.

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:16 am

Hello,

If you have security permissions to do so, you can issue an HRECALL in batch.

Look here:
ibmmainframes.com/viewtopic.php?t=23202

Peter Poole · New User Joined: 07 Jan 2009 Posts: 50 Location: Scotland

cpuhawg · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:20 pm

If you want to use a job step to recall, you can use:

dick scherrer · Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:15 am

Hello,

expat · Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:44 am

dick scherrer · Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:27 am

On a similar note, one of the programmers named a dataset in their batch job, forgot to change the dsn to a test dataset name, waited long for the m2 recall, and then got the security violation. . .

Seems like HSM (at least on that system) recalls the dataset before ensuring the proper permissions exist

Double whammy. . .

Maybe its' a feature

d

Peter Poole · New User Joined: 07 Jan 2009 Posts: 50 Location: Scotland

Thanks expat. (FWIW I would have checked it myself if I had access to a system

)

There do seem to be varying degees of knicker twisting built into HSM and RACF around the area of recalls...

I've fallen foul of the 'recall before check permissions' under OS/390 few years back, there's an interesting(?) difference between ISPF 3.4 primary selections "I" and "S" whereby one triggers a recall and one doesn't, recalls of a GDG DSN without relative number or explicit suffix will trigger recall of all generations - that was slightly embarrassing - and a LSTDSI of a PDS to which you don't have access will still trigger the error message because you're doing a read of the index table - that was very embarrassing because we had to do an exercise against all production libraries and managed to generate 120 RACF read violations in about 90 seconds... Whoops!

Cheers.

expat · Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:59 pm

Peter Poole · New User Joined: 07 Jan 2009 Posts: 50 Location: Scotland

Almost.. I just got a call from the Scary Woman in the basement

Cheers

MBabu · Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 3:05 am

Peter Poole · New User Joined: 07 Jan 2009 Posts: 50 Location: Scotland

If you work in IT and don't have a sense of humour you will go mad eventually...

Cheers

gcicchet · Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:17 am

Hi,

if you have a number of datasets to recall in batch, I would not use the WAIT parameter as it can cause the tape to rewind and unload for each HRECALL request unless you need to test the return code of the HRECALL.

I have assumed the backup is on a tape/cart.

Gerry