We also keep nothing but the DFSMS config files in the VMSYS filepool.
The volume it's on is backed up by a VM:Backup physical (DDR-like)
backup. We haven't had any problems restoring the filepool. We are
fortunate in that we have a VM system with DFSMS at the DR site. If we
had to rebuild the filepool and reinstall the DFSMS config files on the
lost production system, we could.
Dennis O'Brien
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From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Marcy Cortes
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 09:32
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: [IBMVM] DR refresh of active SFS
I opened a SHARE requirement about this.
DFSMS RMS requires stuff in SFS.
To get a valid backup you must either have some software that
understands the SFS or have the SFS down. But you can' t have the SFS
down or you can't mount a tape if they are in an ATL.
But you'd like to have RMS available as soon as you restore your full
pack so that you can use that special SW you purchased to restore your
SFS!
So, you really have to do a fileserve generate and then copy in enough
of your DFSMS configs that hopefully you've kept elsewhere on minidisk
in order to get your ATL to work.
In reality, what we do is *hope* that the physcial backup while it is up
is ok. We keep nothing but dfsms in there (in the VMS* filepools) in
hopes that since it is static, no issues will arise.
Marcy Cortes
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From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Colin Allinson
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 8:03 AM
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: [IBMVM] DR refresh of active SFS
I have done a refresh of our DR system. To put this in context - it is
the function that we need rather than any particular data.
I did this as full pack dumps and expected a few issues on the restart
after the restore (changing spool files etc.). I did expect to have some
SFS server issues with active files.
What has happened is that most SFS servers start OK but the most active
one just dumps on startup.
Is there any way to do a verification/clean process so that I can get it
started with whatever is valid - or do I have to take another complete
dump with our production system down.
I would welcome any suggestions.
Colin Allinson
Amadeus Data Processing GmbH
