Re: Recover deleted spool files

["Al Barsa" <barsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

With reference to recovering deleted spooled files, please note the
following facts:

Spool is really kept in the library QSPL in a compressed format.  Until
V5R2, job structures holds spool to jobs.  (In V5R2, there is a new job
attribute - inherited from a new system value QSPLFACN - which allows jobs
to be deleted while the spool remains on the system.  I'm a bit
amazed/puzzled how IBM pulled this one off.)  The QSPL library cannot be
saved.

When you delete a spooled file in any fashion (DLTSPLF, CLROUTQ), the
spooled data is *GONE, and the member in QSPL is cleared, becoming
available for re-use.  Period, end of discussion,  The system value
QRCLSPLSTG merely determines how many days unused (already used and now
cleared) spool members remain on the system, before the system removes the
members.

Al

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> Hello everybody,
>
> An important outq has been cleared up and the user didn't has chance to
> print the reports.
>
> 1) There is any way to recover the spool files on specific out queue?. I
> couldn't find anything related with this topic in the archive.
>
> 2) How can I know who cleared up this out queue or who deleted the output
> that were on that outq?. I checked the system log and I couldn't find any
> record that indicate who and when this outq was cleared. I also checked
> the audit journal without any luck.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
Nilda

     do you have a system save taken shortly before the output queue was
cleared ?
I guess probably not ....

Spool storage is regularly cleared up (depending on system values) & is not
easy to retreive from the QSPL files anyway.

Regarding who cleared the queue, suggest you look into either:
(a) preventative measures, ie ensuring only correct authority to deleting
of
spool files, or
(b) setting up auditing on the system to find out who the culprits are
*after*
the event. ...

HTH

Mike







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