Hi,

If you want to read the contents of an individual backup file on a tape, then you have a choice of FDRABRP or FDREPORT. If you are just wanting to list the number of backup files on a tape, than any tape mapping utility will work.

The FDRABRP program specifying PRINT TVTOC can be used to print a list of the data sets that are in a backup file. If the FDR loadlib is not in LNKLST, add the necessary STEPLIB to the JCL.
  //PRINT    EXEC PGM=FDRABRP,REGION=0M
  //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
  //ABRMAP   DD SYSOUT=*
  //TAPE0001 DD DISP=SHR,DSN=backup.dsn
  //SYSIN    DD *
    PRINT    TVTOC
  /*
The FDRABRP program is shipped with the base FDR product.

If you are licensed for FDRABR or have the FDREPORT product, this can be used to produce a customized report and summarize the values. Thus, if you want a count of the number of data sets in a backup file, this can be done automatically with FDREPORT.
  //FDREPORT EXEC  PGM=FDREPORT,REGION=0K
  //SYSPRINT DD  SYSOUT=*
  //ABRMAP   DD  SYSOUT=*    <- list of data sets
  //ABRSUM   DD  SYSOUT=*    <- summary report
  //TAPE0001 DD  DISP=SHR,DSN=backup.dsn
  //TAPE0002 DD  DISP=SHR,DSN=backup.dsn
  //SYSUDUMP DD  SYSOUT=*
  //SYSIN    DD  *
    REPORT   FIELDS=(DSN)
    SUMMARY  FIELDS=(VOL,DSN)
    PRINT    DATATYPE=TVTOC
  /*

If there are any questions, on usage of these programs, please contact Innovation support at supp...@fdrinnovation.com

jb...@fdrinnovation.com
Joseph Butz
Technical Support

On 8/14/2014 6:32 AM, mf db wrote:
Hi,

I am looking for a sample JCL on reading FDR backup tape dataset. The
Intent is to read the FDR tape dataset(To identify the Number of Dataset
backups taken).


Does anyone has a similar Examples ? I am just trying to understand the
utility name which can help me to accomplish the task.

FDR 5.4
z/os : 1.13


Peter.

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