I use PDSEGEN on z/OS 2.5 all the time and have no problem recovering old versions.
Brian On Wed, 28 Sep 2022 07:14:17 -0500, Lionel B. Dyck <[email protected]> wrote: >If these are PDSE's with generations then the question is what release of >z/OS are you running? If 2.4 then the ISPF delete member selections will >delete all generations along with the base member. If 2.3 or earlier then >only the base (generation 0) member is deleted and the generations will >remain - just not accessible. > >If you are z/OS 2.3, or earlier, then you can use PDSEGEN (CBTTape file 969) >to see those 'ghost' generations and easily recover them. > >If you are z/OS 2.4 or 2.5 then hope you have HSM backups or some other >backup system. > > >Lionel B. Dyck <>< >Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com >Github: https://github.com/lbdyck > >�Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you >are, reputation merely what others think you are.��� - - - John Wooden > >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw >Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2022 7:01 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Minor disaster > >Aaargghhh! > >I just pressed "D" next to a PDSe member I was editing, instead of "S". > >I have generations set up for this PDSe, but I cannot see how to get to the >member I just accidentally deleted. > >Is there a way to recover the member? > > > > > >Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw > > <https://rsclweb.com/> https://rsclweb.com > > >'Dance like no one is watching. Encrypt like everyone is.' > > > > > > > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email >to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
