Restore? My recollection is that DIRF came before TSO. Besides, SVC 99 *IS* Allocation.
IAC, all it took was allocating a new dataset to get the cleanup: //IEFRDER DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(TRK,1) in a simple proc would let the operator select a volume for cleanup select a volume for cleanup on a START command. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <0000042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2024 6:46 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: VTOCs vs. catalogs On Mon, 27 May 2024 21:34:31 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >Yes, Allocation did the cleanup for the DIRF bit. > Why didn't Restore just SVC 99 to automate the process? _____________________________________ >From: Tom Brennan >Sent: Monday, May 27, 2024 4:48 PM > >I think I remember the DIRF bit. That happened when I would, for >example, run a DFDSS full volume backup of a mod-3 and restore to a >mod-9, and there was a warning message indicating I needed to allocate a >dataset in order to force the processing that would determine the new >free space on the mod-9. > >Does that sound anything like reality? It's been a while. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
