Edit backup and recovery helps you to recover data that might otherwise be lost. For example, you would use edit recovery to re-establish the edit session at the point of failure after a power outage or system failure.

Edit backup and recovery is enabled when you enter Edit mode and recovery mode is on. You can set recovery mode on or off with the RECOVERY command.

If recovery mode is on, Edit writes data to an edit recovery data set which is used if a recovery is required. Some restrictions apply to the type of data set that can be used as an edit recovery data set.

For more information about backup and recovery, see Edit backup and recovery.