3.1. VSAM problem determination hints and tips
In the complex environment of computing today, users have an array of tools and disciplines at their disposal to aid problem determination and recovery of VSAM spheres and data sets. z/OS writes numerous records like SMF, LOGREC and syslog that can be used to debug a problem and recover data.
You may have heard user comments like these:
Everything was working yesterday; we haven’t changed anything since then.
We are starting to get strange error messages, and the explanations in the manual are meaningless.
We cannot access the data, and do not know where to turn for help.
Your data is one of the most valuable assets of your business. The challenge, in order to save your data, is to use all the error ...
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