> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Jesse 1 Robinson > Sent: 23 May, 2017 0:18 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: RACF Database (was: Sample JCL for file transfer using > NJE/TCPIP) > > Brief war story. Long before "z/OS", someone accidentally deleted (!!!) > the primary RACF data base. It was not enqueued on as previously noted. > Data was intact and the system hummed along, but there was no > 'SYS1.RACF' in the catalog. Using backup listings, we figured out the > exact location on the volume where the data set lived. Then we > reallocated it using ABSTR to rebuild the VTOC entry and did a DEF NVSAM > to rebuild the catalog entry. Some further cleanup action followed, but > basically there was never an outage. >
I did exactly the same, several decades ago, with the JES2 Checkpoint. Now JES2 allocates (and therefor enqueues) the checkpoint for already some decades. Why can't RACF? Kees. ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ******************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
