> If I have an IPL'd Stand Alone system running on the New z9 and zVM/CMS is > installed; can I take a Full volume dump on zOS; ftp it to zVM/CMS; save > the > file and then use this file as input to the Stand Alone Restore process? > If so how?
z/OS utilities only understand z/OS I/O, so you would somehow have to get the file onto a OS-formatted disk (or tape, which we know you don't have). None of the CMS TCPIP utilities understand OS formatted disks directly, so you would have to FTP the dataset to a CMS minidisk, access a OS-formatted minidisk, and then use FILEDEF and MOVEFILE to actually write the file to the OS-formatted disk. You'd then have to worry about VTOC formats (thank IBM for killing both OS VSAM and OS compatibility...sigh). It's not worth it. Put bluntly, see my other note on using CMSDDR. Getting a 1 pack VM system up on the Flex box works MUCH better, CMSDDR understands CMS file structure so you can just pass images of the volumes over, and as long as you restore the entire volumes, z/OS won't even know it happened. Useful note: when you FTP the CMSDDR output files between the VM system on the Flex box and the new system, use TYPE E, MODE B before you do the PUT or GET in the FTP session. This tells the FTP server on the other end to preserve character set and file parameters, so you won't have to worry about it. Also, keep in mind that your Flex system can create AWSTAPE format files, and that CMS has a AWSTAPE pipe stage that can feed that to CMS utilities. If you're worried about licensing for VM on the Flex box, I think VM/370 (which IBM does not complain about usage) will run CMSDDR. I'll have to look into creating a IPLable system image for people in your situation. Shouldn't be too hard. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
