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Jeba · Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 5:21 pm Post subject: Recovering a deleted file

Hi,

One of the business user has deleted a file from his own library. But he doesn't know the name of the file or pds. Now this is affecting us in completing a critical task.

Is there anyway we can find the name of the file which got deleted.

Any small help from you is welcome.

Note : This file is a routine which perform some calculations and provide a result like Rexx.
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Jeba
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kolusu · Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 9:16 pm Post subject:

Jeba,

Assuming that your shop is SMS managed and the dataset is backed up you can use HRECOVER which is explained in here

http://www.mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?p=695#695

Kolusu

warp5 · Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 1:47 am Post subject:

It appears to me that you are not using the correct definitions of what you want. A file is cleary identified by a name, and if addressed by any program or name you will see the file name. Now, according to your first sentence a member was deleted from a library (file). Here you might be able to find the name of the member. In any case, you can restore the file if you know the name and have a backup of it.
If all else fails you could examine SMF records to find out if he deleted a file, I do not know if this is possible if he deleted a member.
In any case it is a lot of work and questionable if it can be justified.

Jeba · Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 10:47 am Post subject:

Thank you warp5 and Kolusu for providing a quick response.

Somehow, We found the name of the file and unfortunately there was no HSM backups available in our place. Thanks a lot for all your help.
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Jeba
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rlilley · Beginner Joined: 05 Apr 2010 Posts: 19 Topics: 3

If you have PDSTools from the CBT Tape or Star Tools from Serena you can use the RECOVER command. The Recover will not work on a PDSE or a compressed PDS though.

papadi · Supermod Joined: 20 Oct 2009 Posts: 594 Topics: 1

Suggest someone get busy and determine why/how a "user" can delete like this (i.e. code that is currently used) . . .

Sounds like there is no configuration management in place and that should cause great concern for everyone.

Not only was this deleted, but it was not backed up. At most of the organizations i've supported, this would be grounds for termination. . . Sad

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taltyman · Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 4:25 pm Post subject:

Why would a "personal" file be that critical?
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delta403 · Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 4:24 pm Post subject:

try this: HRECOVER dataset.name on command prompt (normally tso;6)