-- snip -- I am new to this shop, and it is my first time working with FDR, I am familiar with DFSMS and have just finished reading the FDR manuals (I only fell asleep a few times.). Currently I am trying to understand this new environment, how and why things are setup the way they are.
My question of the day is.... What/where does DFSMS check for a dataset backup prior to migrating a dataset? I thought that DFSMS looked in the BCDS to verify that it had a good backup of the dataset prior to migrating the dataset to tape. However that must not be the case, we use FDR for backup and HSM for migration here without running HSM backups, and datasets migrate. If FDR backup hasn't run on a dataset it won't migrate, and the error is there is no valid backup. Once FDR backs up the dataset HSM is able to migrate the dataset, what is HSM looking at to validate it has a good backup prior to migration? -- snip -- I'm confused as to why you have both FDR and HSM managing your data! My guess is that the DS1DSIND field in the format 1 DSCB is being checked for a valid backup (DS1DSCHA). John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
