I seem to remember that you could use Repro to restore the Exported copy but you needed to skip some number of records at the beginning of the file. I think it was 8 but you would have to contact IBM to verify.
-----Original Message----- From: McKown, John [mailto:john.mck...@healthmarkets.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 9:55 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: IDCAMS IMPORT problem - moving from -9 to -3s Thanks. Was hoping for a way to force IDCAMS to be "smart". What would happen if this were sent to a location without any large 3390s? -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of O'Brien, David W. > (NIH/CIT) [C] > Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 8:46 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: IDCAMS IMPORT problem - moving from -9 to -3s > > John, > > I suggest you Import back to a 3390-9, > then define a new name to 3 Mod 3s, > Repro the file from the Mod 9 to Mod-3s > Delete the original file > Re-name the new file as necessary. > > The space parameter cannot be overridden during an Import. > > Regards, > Dave O'Brien > > -----Original Message----- > From: McKown, John [mailto:john.mck...@healthmarkets.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 9:15 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: IDCAMS IMPORT problem - moving from -9 to -3s > > I have a VSAM KSDS cluster which was defined with space > greater than a 3390-3. It did this using space constraint relief. > I need to restore it to a new DSN. I did an EXPORT TEMPORARY. > I then did a DELETE / DEFINE of the new name to create the > new DSN on three 3390-3 volumes. I then did an IMPORT > OUTDATASET. It failed as shown below. The original DSN has > SPACE(8400 400) CYLINDERS. Apparently that is kept in the > EXPORTed definition. I don't see any way to override this. I > am on z/OS 1.10. Any help? > > IMPORT INFILE(INFILE) - > INTOEMPTY OUTDATASET(TSSTV.TEST.PR.GCRLCHKS) > IDC0604I DATA SET BEING IMPORTED WAS EXPORTED ON 10/10/11 > AT 17:33:40 > IGD17226I THERE IS AN INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF VOLUMES IN THE ELIGIBLE > STORAGE GROUP(S) TO SATISFY THIS REQUEST FOR DATA SET > TSSTV.TEST.PR.GCRLCHKS > IGD17290I THERE WERE 1 CANDIDATE STORAGE GROUPS OF WHICH THE FIRST 1 > WERE ELIGIBLE FOR VOLUME SELECTION. > THE CANDIDATE STORAGE GROUPS WERE:SGPRVSAM > IGD17279I 300 VOLUMES WERE REJECTED BECAUSE OF INSUFF TOTAL SPACE > IGD17219I UNABLE TO CONTINUE DEFINE OF DATA SET > TSSTV.TEST.PR.GCRLCHKS > IDC3003I FUNCTION TERMINATED. CONDITION CODE IS 12 > > > -- > John McKown > Systems Engineer IV > IT > > Administrative Services Group > > HealthMarkets(r) > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > (817) 255-3225 phone * > john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain > confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the > intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail > and destroy all copies of the original message. > HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten > and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, > Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West > National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA > Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
