Try using TSO XMIT to the PC. Restore with TSO RECV. XMIT will call IEBCOPY to unload, then convert the RECFM=VBS into RECFM=FB, which can survive to the PC and back again. Use binary transfer format.
/J > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of David Day > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 5:34 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: IEBCOPY Unloaded dataset to PC and back again...not successful > > I used IEBCOPY to create a sequentail backup of an ISPF panel > library. I then used IND$FILE to transfer the dataset to my PC. Thought > I'd test the backup out by transferring back to the mainframe, and got the > following when I tried to use IEBCOPY to load the members back. > > STEP1 COPY INDD=SYSUT1,OUTDD=SYSUT2 GENERATED STATEMENT > IEB1128I *** COPYR1 (1ST PDSU PHYSICAL RECORD) > 009400 0000 18100000 180C0100 00CA6D0F 02001810 | _ | > 009410 0010 00509000 00001810 3030200F 00007FF8 | & "8| > 009420 0020 0D0C000F E5A20000 22500000 0002006B | Vs & ,| > 009430 0030 008F0000 00800000 0F000B08 A9120000 | z | > 009440 0040 7F000000 80807FF8 00008800 00120000 |" "8 h | > 009450 0050 00006A78 00001810 02000000 00009440 | | m | > 009460 0060 00006AA8 0C0067E8 00006AA0 00008800 | |y Y | h | > 009470 0070 00000000 00000000 00000002 3F000900 | | > 009480 0080 06120000 20007FF8 00000000 00000000 | "8 | > 009490 0090 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 || > IEB120I SYSUT1 VALIDATION ERROR > IEB178I NOT AN IEBCOPY UNLOADED DATA SET - 1ST PHYSICAL RECORD NOT 64 > BYTES LONG - ACTUAL VALUE IS X'001810' > > The IND$FILE for the GET or PUT operation did not specify CRLF as a > parameter. Can someone tell me what I did wrong, or if there is a > 'better' way to backup PDS data on a PC. Thanks. > > --Dave Day ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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