Deleting and redefining VSAM OSAM data sets


When performing a recovery, you can delete and redefine a VSAM data set and delete and allocate an OSAM data set. Use the IDCAMS keyword to invoke IDCAMS directly, without running a separate job step.

Unlike the IMS recovery utility, the BMC Recovery utility can recover to a non-empty VSAM data set that was defined with the REUSE attribute. Rebuilding secondary indexes does, however, require that VSAM data sets be empty.

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BMC AMI Backup and Recovery for IMS 5.2