Willie has already posted that there is no backup. The data set along with the catalog entry has been deleted - as long as the ML2 tape has not been recycled, it can be retrieved from there. There is a documented procedure for doing this in the HSM administration manual.
Regards, Greg Shirey Ben E. Keith Company -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Walter Davies Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 4:11 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: DFHSM QUESTION - RECOVER DSN FROM ML2 VOLUME Just because you delete a data set if it has backups they might still be there. Try allocating the old DSN as empty and restore from a backup. I have done that before. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN