Oswaldo, Using CPVOLUME in the copy command requires the source and target volumes to be in VM format. You will need to have the target volume initialized at a VM system or use ICKDSF to initialize the target volume with a VTOC starting on track zero, record five.
Hope this helps..... ..............snip .............. I'm trying to use DFDSS under z/OS 1.4 to copy my z/VM 51 volumes and I am getting the following error message for every volume: ADR307E (001)-OPNCL(11), UNABLE TO OPEN VOLUME HI8801, 16 >From message guide : 16 The VM-formatted volume does not have an OS-compatible VTOC beginning on track zero, record five. I try to format from z/OS, but without success with the copy, but when I format the output volumes under z/VM (ICKDSF CPVOLUME) its is OK. I am using the sysin : COPY TRACKS(0,0,3338,14) COPYVOLID - ADMINISTRATOR PURGE - CPVOLUME - INDDNAME(ENTRADA) - OUTDDNAME(SAIDA) Is it the only way to copy the volumes : 1) Format the volume from z/VM 2) Copy using DFDSS from z/OS or maybe I can format by z/OS ? Thanks. Oswaldo ............................ snip ...................... _________________________________________________________________________ Paolo Cacciari Business Continuity and Recovery Services, IBM Global Services - South Region, EMEA Via Darwin 85, 20019 Settimo Milanese(MI) – Italy - MISET001 "The goal is to be prepared for a disaster not to continually plan for a successful test" * [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( + 39 051 41.36799 Mobile: + 39 335 6287584 7 + 39 02 596.23288 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html