Volume Backup S/A restore

Tom Huegel

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Oct 13, 2017, 3:04:04 PM10/13/17

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Can I or how do I do a DISK VOLUME DUMP to a TAPE in a standalone restore format?

So long since I have done VSE I only remember Dr.D we don's have that so using FCOPY can I DUMP VOLUME RESTORE-STANDALONE or something like that?

z/VM I would use DDR, but again no z/VM.

Thanks..

Duerbusch, Tom

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Oct 13, 2017, 3:09:20 PM10/13/17

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Chapter 2 of System Utilities

Tom Duerbusch

THD Consulting

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Tom Huegel

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Oct 13, 2017, 3:25:02 PM10/13/17

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I see the volume DUMP but I don't see an option to make the tape IPL'able for restoring on cold metal.

Kevin Corkery

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Oct 13, 2017, 3:27:25 PM10/13/17

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See documentation on LIBR in System Control Statements. The S/A Utilities are placed on a dump tape using the STANDALONE=YES parameter.

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Leon Mihlfeld

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Oct 13, 2017, 3:48:17 PM10/13/17

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This works:

// JOB LIBRBKUP

* *************************************************************

* * CREATE AN IPL'ABLE TAPE OF STAND ALONE UTILITIES *

* *************************************************************

// EXEC LIBR

BACKUP TAPE=CUU RESTORE=STANDALONE

/*

/&

Tom Huegel

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Oct 13, 2017, 4:24:25 PM10/13/17

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// JOB LIBRBKUP

* *************************************************************

* * CREATE AN IPL'ABLE TAPE OF STAND ALONE UTILITIES *

* *************************************************************

// EXEC LIBR

BACKUP TAPE=CUU RESTORE=STANDALONE NOREWIND

/*

// ASSGN SYS004, DISK......

// ASSGN SYS005,TAPE....

// EXEC FCOPY

DUMP VOLUME

/*

/&

Might be my whole job.

On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 2:48 PM, Leon Mihlfeld <lmih...@riteaid.com> wrote:

This works:

// JOB LIBRBKUP

* *************************************************************

* *     CREATE AN IPL'ABLE TAPE OF STAND ALONE UTILITIES      *

* *************************************************************

// EXEC LIBR

   BACKUP TAPE=CUU   RESTORE=STANDALONE

/*

/&

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See documentation on LIBR in System Control Statements. The S/A Utilities are placed on a dump tape using the STANDALONE=YES parameter.

Duerbusch, Tom

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Oct 13, 2017, 4:42:58 PM10/13/17

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The RESTORE=STANDALONE option will put the standalone IPL deck as the first file of your output tape.

However, if you created your standalone utilities tape (separate process), you can IPL that tape and when it asks for input, give it the tape that you backed up with (without the RESTORE=STANDALONE option).

If your standalone IPL tape has standard labels on it, then you will need to IPL that tape (from the HMC) a few times (for me it seemed to require 4 to 5 IPLs to bypass the standard labels) before you get to the SA utilities.

Tom Duerbusch

THD Consulting

Kevin Corkery

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Oct 13, 2017, 5:23:21 PM10/13/17

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Yep, didn't look at the manual for the correct syntax. Sorry :-}

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