I would assume that it's difficult or impossible with PDSE, but that there is less need in PDSE2, due to generations.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <0000042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Friday, February 9, 2024 6:46 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Reading a scratch tape On Thu, 8 Feb 2024 22:41:03 +0000, Pommier, Rex wrote: > >Actually, it does make sense (at least to me) to have this threshold set. >We've gone back more than once to rescue a developer or support person who >inadvertently scratched a tape the day before and we were able to recover it >for them by using this "expired but not really" feature...> > I believe PDS86 has a similar ability to recover deleted PDS members. Does this work for PDSE? I suspect it's harder. Is that used as an argument against migrating from PDS to PDSE? That's what generations are for. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
