<snip> If the migrated dataset was scratched, the MCDS definitions for the dataset are gone also, and this is what is causing your recall failure. </snip>
This is not necessarily true. There are parameters that govern how long these records are kept in the CDS's. SETSYS MIGRATIONCLEANUPDAYS controls this activity (please RTFM for the full details). At the end of this interval, the records are deleted during secondary space management. The situation described by the OP had the dataset being uncataloged very shortly after migration and (presumably) before secondary space management occurred, so the record should have been in the MCDS. Given that the record was in the MCDS, DEF NVSAM(NAME(X) DEVT(tape device) volume(MIGRAT)' should enable the recall of the dataset. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
