We have run into several situations where data was accidentally erased.
For this particular situation we wrote some SAS code that pulls in an
IDCAMS DCOLLECT of the volume(s) that are to be initialized and makes sure
that there are no other datasets on the packs other than the VVDS and
VTOCIX. If these are the only datasets, then we go ahead and build the
jobs for initializing the volumes.
We have also instituted a 'second set of eyes' rule before doing
initializes.
Pete Eggebeen
Systems Programmer Specialist
Enterprise Storage Management
Metavante Corporation
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We just had a problem were one of our Storage Admins was initializing
volumes. He issued a route to all of our systems to vary the devices off,
but
did not check to ensure that the volumes was offline to all systems. One
volume went pending becuase there was a dataset online to CICS. He
completed the initialization and the VTOC was corrupted. This is not the
first
time this has happened and now management wants to put controls in place
to prevent this from happening again. They prefer some type of automation.
Has anyone else ever had this problem and how did you fix it? Or do you
have
a solution.
TIA
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