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Space announcement This space now contains the documentation for all the following components:
  • CHANGE ACCUMULATION PLUS
  • IMAGE COPY PLUS
  • RECOVERY MANAGER for IMS
  • RECOVERY PLUS for IMS
We are no longer updating the individual documentation spaces for these components. For the latest documentation, see BMC AMI Backup and Recovery for IMS 5.2.

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 5.1