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Restore a Complete Disk Archival Generation or Selecting SYSOUT Entries (SARTDR)

Use the SARTDR utility to recreate and reload an entire archival disk generation or to select SYSOUT entries from tape. Also, the utility will re‑add archival and DR tape information to the master index.

Note: When a primary tape is added back to the database, it does not automatically add the associated duplex and/or DR tape. Be sure to run TADD with each of these tapes.

The utility can be used to recover one or more generations of SYSOUT data or select SYSOUT entries that have been lost because of:

• Accidental deletion of a database data set
• Hardware error resulting in the loss of a database data set
• Accidental or intentional cycling out of a tape or disk generation from within CA View

Note: Error-free archival tapes must exist for the generations.

The SARTDR utility does not require exclusive access to the database; it can run while other database activities such as archiving or backing up are occurring.

Important! Tape consolidation (SARPAC) must be run on a merged database for all original tapes before SARTDR/TADD can be used. Never TADD an original tape to a merged database before you run SARPAC.