On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:23:28 -0400, John Eells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Mark H. Young wrote: ><snip> >> So if I had several DFDSS dumps on Virtual Tape (3490) and was copying >> each of them off to just *ONE* real tape (3590), and stacking each as its >> own LABEL=(#,SL) etc., using IEBGENER, it should work, YES?! ><snip> > >Others have offered alternatives, with which I have no >experience, and they might very well work perfectly. But since >it is DFSMSdss dump data sets we're talking about, I think it's >worth noting that COPYDUMP is the only IBM-supported way to copy them. >-- >John Eells >z/OS Technical Marketing >IBM Poughkeepsie >[EMAIL PROTECTED] John, I guess my complaint/argument is that IEBGENER is an IBM standard tape copy utility. Data on a tape is sequential (PS), regardless if put there by another IBM utility like IEBCOPY, IEBGENER, etc. I'm sure I've used GENER in the past to copy RECFM=U files? Wouldn't an IEBCOPY dumped tape have RECFM=U ? Just my 2-cents worth. TTFN, .....mhyI ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
