SVC 99 came in with TSO (R20.1?). What is Restore?
-- 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 7:50 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: VTOCs vs. catalogs On Mon, 27 May 2024 23:21:43 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >Restore? > >My recollection is that DIRF came before TSO. Besides, SVC 99 *IS* Allocation. > I k ow SVC 99 *IS* Allocation. That's why I thought of it. TSO? >IAC, all it took wasalllocating a new dataset to get the cleanup: > >//IEFREER DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(TRK,1) > >in a simple proc woul let the operator select a volume for cleanup select a >volume for cleanup on a START command. > Couldn't that have been done via MGCR by Restore? Obviating the need in Tom's "I needed". >________________________________________ >From: IBM Paul Gilmartin >Sent: Monday, May 27, 2024 6:46 PM > >On Mon, 27 May 2024 21:34:31 +0000, Syymour 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. -- 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
