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Using IDCAMS(memname)

BMC offers this format only to remain compatible with earlier versions of the Recovery utility and recommends that you use the IDCAMS(*) format when possible.

IDCAMS(memname) means that the Recovery utility should invoke IDCAMS processing using the member name from the AMSPDS/DELPDS DD statement data set, which is specified by the IDCAMS keyword. If the appropriate member is not found in the AMSPDS/DELPDS DD statement data set, the Recovery utility terminates the recovery task. You cannot use IDCAMS(memname) when processing multiple data set groups.

Related topics

Deleting-and-redefining-VSAM-OSAM-data-sets


Warning

Important

If you use IDCAMS(memname) and the specified member contains DELETE and DEFINE commands for data sets not specified on the same REC control statement, the Recovery utility has no way to ensure that the data sets on other control statements are deleted and redefined before they are allocated. Therefore, BMC recommends that you use IDCAMS(*), which ensures that the Recovery utility deletes and defines the correct data sets in the correct order.

After the delete processing, BMC recommends that you use the SET command with the MAXCC parameter to reset the condition code to zero in the event the data set has already been deleted.

The following table describes the effect of the IDCAMS keyword when combined with the DBRC, ADDN, and DDN keywords.

Use of the DBRC, ADDN, DDN, and IDCAMS keywords

Org

DBRC

ADDN

DDN

IDCAMS(*) retrieves member from the AMSPDS/DELPDS

DL/I

Y or N

N/A

omitted

member name matches the ddname of each data set group


ddname1, ddname2, ...

member names match the ddname of the data set group specified with the DDN keyword

DEDB

Y

omitted


member name matches the ddname of the first area data set defined in DBRC

ddname1, ddname2, ...


member names match the area data set ddname specified with the ADDN keyword

*


member name matches all area data set ddnames defined in DBRC

DEDB

N

omitted


member name matches the area name

ddname1, ddname2, ...


member names match the area data set ddname specified with the ADDN keyword

*


N/A

 

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