"McKown, John" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>. .. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of shai hess > > Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 2:52 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Any product to undelete file? > > > > HI, > > > > I want to develop an automatic process which will keep the > > old VTOC entries > > of files which were deleted. Using the undelete request, will recreate > > the VTOC DSCB1 record automatically. > > > > I heard about many cases of wrong deleting of files. > > > > > > Any value? > > > > Shai > > I had another reply to this, but it was a bit of a rant. So, I'll tone it down. How are people supposed to learn "don't do that" if we make it so that nothing that they do can cause them any harm? Implementing this would cause more overhead in the DASD farm and CPU to "checkpoint" the information. How is this better than simply using DFHSM to take nightly incremental HBACKUPs? If we are going to protect people from accidental deletion, then what about accidental updates (i.e. ran a job against the wrong file, but it "worked" because the two files had the same attributes)? > > I really don't like the idea, personally. But then I'm a great believer in "personal responsibility" too. > > -- > John McKown
I agree, mainly for the overhead versus usefulness ratio. A feature like a Recycle Bin could be useful without introducing too much overhead. If a dataset is deleted, just keep it, but hide it by administrating it in a Recycle Bin per volume. HSM could periodically delete data from the Recycle based on age or size of the Recycle Bin. The user could then be given an Undelete function, because the data is still there. This would also solve the problem that you can restore last night's backup, but still have to redo today's updates. 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 [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
