Recall job failed on a data set and catalog entry for the data set removed.

Products

• DISK BACKUP AND RESTORE

Issue/Introduction

Disk Recall job was failed for a GDG data set, but the data set catalog entry was removed. Following is the Recall job log.

10.40.27 STCnnnnn  IEF695I START DMSAR    WITH JOBNAME jobname    IS ASSIGNED TO USER username                                        
10.40.27 STCnnnnn  $HASP373 DMSAR    STARTED                                                                                     
10.40.27 STCnnnnn  user-id USERID DMSAR    IS ASSIGNED TO THIS JOB - jobname                                                      
10.40.27 STCnnnnn  IEF403I DMSAR - STARTED - TIME=10.40.27                                                                       
10.40.27 STCnnnnn  DMS3754 A SUBSYSTEM RECALL REQUEST FOR DSN = HLQ1.HLQ2.HLQ3.G0010V00                               
10.40.27 STCnnnnn  DMS3754 IS IN PROGRESS FOR JOBNAME = xxxxxx                                                                  
10.40.27 STCnnnnn  DMS0077 HLQ1.HLQ2.HLQ3.G0010V00           NOT RESTORED : NO INDEX RECORD, SYSPARM ARBACKUP=Y       
10.40.27 STCnnnnn  DMS3375 COMPLETE REQUEST SENT FOR DSN = HLQ1.HLQ2.HLQ3.G0010V00                                    
10.40.27 STCnnnnn  SE 'DMS3166 RESTORE FAILED RETURN CODE =      2                |',USER=(xxxxxx),LOGON                        
10.40.27 STCnnnnn  SE 'DMS3166 FOR DSN = HLQ1.HLQ2.HLQ3.G0010V00          |',USER=(xxxxxx),LOGON                     
10.45.27 STCnnnnn  DMS3374 ALL WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED                                                                           
10.45.27 STCnnnnn  IEF404I DMSAR - ENDED - TIME=10.45.27                                                                         
10.45.27 STCnnnnn  $HASP395 DMSAR    ENDED - RC=0000                                                             

Need to understand why it got rid of the catalog entry?

Cause

Customer has the sysparm UNCATPSU value set to Y.
'UNCATPSUY'                     UNCAT FROM PSEUDO-VOLUME WHEN EXPIRED

Resolution

As specified in the tech doc for the SYSPARM UNCATPSUn , if a value of Y or R is specified for this sysparm , the catalog entry for a non-existent DSNINDEX record is deleted. If N or X is specified, the catalog entry is unchanged.

To NOT to delete the data set from catalog:
Specify the value of UNCATPSUn to N or X  in the SYSPARMS DD for your DMSAR job.
Please refer the above tech doc for more details.

Please note that this is valid for RESTORE, RECOVER, IXMAINT, MERGE, and IXUPDATE .