On Thursday, 05/29/2008 at 07:20 EDT, Colin Allinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to FTP send an OS dataset (in this case a copy of the RACF > database) to an MVS system at the DR site. > > I have tried various ways to define the input (Access the OS disk as T and then > LCD T) but without success. > > Is this possible and, if so, how do I do it?
The FTP client wants filename, filetype, and filemode. You need to unload the RACF database to a CMS file and FTP *that* to the MVS site. From there it can be FTP'd back to a VM system and then the database reloaded from the CMS file. Alternatively, you can use DDR2CMS to create a DDR image of the disk and send that instead. Do not copy a minidisk containing a live RACF database unless you are using a RACF/VM utility (RACUTxxx) that specifically calls out the ability to run it against a live database. Some of the utilities do not serialize changes to the database. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
