A few years ago, we migrated to a new datacenter. The first step was to copy the VM DASD to a "bunker box" - a SHARK facility that could be sync'd with a counterpart at the new site. The storage management group was going to handle the move from MVS. To make a long story short, after trying three different utilities and opening sev 1 PMRs against all of them because of this or similar problems, I was asked (at the last minute 16:30, Thursday with the move scheduled for 08:00 Saturday) if I could somehow do the move from VM. I created a one pack VM system that could be used to DDR COPY the disks while the real system was down.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Schaffer > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 8:22 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: S213 Abend Backing Up 530RES Using z/OS FDR > > I just attempted to use DFDSS to dump 530RES using the syntax > suggested b= y Larry and I got another S213 abend for > SYS1.VTOC. I think the problem is= > > with the volume and not the dumping software. > > What do you think of my original suggestion (CPFMTXA FORMAT > cyl 0, followed by SALIPL to reload the IPL text) for > correcting the problem? > > Thanks, > Dennis > > > On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:59:43 -0500, Macioce, Larry > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >We use dfdss from z/OS to backup all our z/VM packs and you > must have a > > special parm in the job to do that. The parms (sysin) looks like this: > > > > > > > > DUMP TRACKS(0,0,3338,14) INDDNAME(DASD) OUTDDNAME(TAPE) ADMIN - > > > > CPVOLUME CANCELERROR > > > > The admin and cpvolume are a must. = > = > > > > > Don't know it this helps > > > > Mace > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Kris Buelens > > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:42 AM > > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > > Subject: Re: S213 Abend Backing Up 530RES Using z/OS FDR > > > > > > > > VM doesn't use VTOCs to describe disk contents; the CP directory tells > > which cylinders are allocated as minidisks, and the CP allocation map > > tells CP which cylinders to use for PAGE, SPOOL, etc. > > I'll send you a document with some extra information about > this subject. > > > > > > The FTP based installation shouldn't have anything to do with your FDR > > problem. The fact that CP can IPL fine means all is OK. You should > > tell FDR -I don't know how- that it should take some physical based > > backup, or has it a "VM-format" parameter? > > > > 2008/1/17, Dennis Schaffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm installing z/VM (v5.3) in a previously z/OS-only shop. Because > > there > > is > > no existing VM, I'm doing a first-level installation and I'm > also using > > t > > he > > FTP server method. The installation, while slow, has completed > > successfu > > lly > > and I'm able to IPL the newly-installed system. Thanks, IBM, for > > allowin > > g > > me to bypass all those tapes. > > > > I don't yet have access to any tape drives under VM so I'm > depending on > > z > > /OS > > to backup my newly-installed volumes, 530RES, 530PAG and 530SPL. > > > > However, I experience S213-04 abends (can't find SYS1.VTOC on the > > volume) > > > > attempting to backup these volumes using Innovation's FDR under z/OS. > > z/ > > VM > > was shutdown and I varied the volumes offline/online to z/OS following > > th > > e > > first failure, hoping that might correct the problem. I've used the > > same > > > > product/technique many times before in a past life and I know the > > process > > works. > > > > I suspect the installation process (whether its something inherent to > > v5. > > 3 > > or something unique to the FTP server install process, I'm > not sure) is > > n > > ot > > initializing these volumes with the "dummy VTOC" required by z/OS. I > > did > > > > not override the default volume format option of the installation. > > > > I suspect I need to run ICKDSF CPVOLUME FORMAT (or CPFMTXA FORMAT) > > agains > > t > > cyl 0 on each of these volumes (first documenting and resbuilding the > > allocation maps) and then run SALIPL to rewrite the Loader IPL text on > > 530RES. Be aware that I'll more than likely be doing this against a > > runn > > ing > > system without a backup (I'll probably try to DDR MAINT > 123/124/125 to = > > > another volume, for a small amount of insurance). > > > > I think that's what I need to do but I want to run it past > the community > > because I don't want to go through that multi-day installation again. > > Do > > es > > this sound reasonable? Can you think of any other reason I'd be > > experiencing this error? > > > > Thanks in advance for your assistance. > > > > Dennis Schaffer > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Kris Buelens, > > IBM Belgium, VM customer support > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > ******************************************************************** > > The information transmitted is intended solely for the > individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > confidential and/or > > privileged material. Any review, retransmission, > dissemination or other use of or taking action in reliance > upon this information by persons or entities other than the > intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this > email in error please contact the sender and delete the > > material from any computer. > > ******************************************************************** >
