You can use CEMT, or EXEC CICS®, INQUIRE FILE, and INQUIRE DSNAME commands to determine the recovery options that are specified for files and data sets.
The INQUIRE FILE command shows the options from the CICS file definition until the first file for the data set is opened. If the options are obtained from the ICF catalog when the first file is opened, the ICF catalog values are returned. The INQUIRE DSNAME commands returns values from the VSAM base cluster block (BCB). However, because base cluster block (BCB) recovery values are not set until the first open, if you issue an INQUIRE DSNAME commands before the first file is opened, CICS returns NOTAPPLIC for RECOVSTATUS.