> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Rifkind > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 12:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: DASD Recovery > > > Stupid Question. > > I have an old test system and some of the DASD volumes > have had a init done on them. > > Is there any recovery functin in ICKDSF that can > recover the data and votc entry. > > Nothing has been done to these volumes since the init. > > Or are we sool. > > Thanks. >
If you put the new VTOC at the same location as the old VTOC, then you are SOL. The reason is that when you init a VTOC, it is reinitialized (rewritten). If the new VTOC is at a different location from the old VTOC, there it __might__ be possible to alter the pointer at the front of the pack to point to the old VTOC location. I actually did this many years ago when I reinit'ed the wrong volume, but the VTOC was in a different location. Unfortunately, this was under DOS/VS and another sysprog actually did the recovery using DOS DITTO. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
