I would assume that it's difficult or impossible with PDSE, but that there is less need in PDSE2, due to generations.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 9, 2024 6:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Reading a scratch tape On Thu, 8 Feb 2024 22:41:03 +0000, Pommier, Rex wrote: > >Actually, it does make sense (at least to me) to have this threshold set. >We've gone back more than once to rescue a developer or support person who >inadvertently scratched a tape the day before and we were able to recover it >for them by using this "expired but not really" feature...> > I believe PDS86 has a similar ability to recover deleted PDS members. Does this work for PDSE? I suspect it's harder. Is that used as an argument against migrating from PDS to PDSE? That's what generations are for. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
