Agreed. It would appear that Hans was right on when he mentioned using the (LEAVE parm on the restores so that the tape does not unload. I was just taking a guess based on what I knew at the time.
Ed ________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schuh, Richard Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 4:21 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: DDR Minidisk Restore Problem. The first minidisk being empty has nothing whatsoever to do with it. That is not an error condition unless the disk has not been initialized and had the Track Capacity Record, R0, written on each track. If that is the case, there is no r0 on any track and no volume serial on the disk. DDR happily copies a track that has no data on it. All it requires is R0. The copies go very quickly. If the mdisk that was dumped has been formatted, then there is an FST and the remainder of the disk is comprised of blocks of zeros. DDR is also happy with that. Regards, Richard Schuh ________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Zell Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 1:58 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: DDR Minidisk Restore Problem. Howard, You might want to try using the SKIP parm on the INPUT statement to bypass the first file. My guess is that would allow you to restore the subsequent disks without issue. Ed Zell Illinois Mutual Life (309) 636-0107 ________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Rifkind Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 3:46 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: DDR Minidisk Restore Problem. Hello all, I'm having a problem restoring minidisks which I backed up using DDR. Backing them up all on one tape. I batched up a bunch of minidisks, a quick sample is below: SYSPRINT CONS PROMPTS OFF INPUT 12C4 3390 OUTPUT 181 3590 (LEAVE DUMP ALL INPUT 1191 3390 OUTPUT 181 3590 (LEAVE DUMP ALL INPUT 12A2 3390 OUTPUT 181 3590 (LEAVE DUMP ALL All are going to the same tape. The first mini at 12C4 is empty. But, this didn't create any error during the dump process and all the other DDR Dumps complete with problems. However during the restore: SYSPRINT CONS PROMPTS OFF INPUT 181 3590 OUTPUT 12C4 3390 RESTORE ALL INPUT 181 3590 OUTPUT 1191 3390 RESTORE ALL INPUT 181 3590 OUTPUT 12A2 3390 RESTORE ALL Just the first minidisk restores to 12C4, which by the way there isn't any records. Then I get an endless stream of CCW errors on the 181 tape. The minidisks to be restored are all R/W as an example indicates below: DASD 111F 3390 VPDPS1 R/W 8 CYL ON DASD 04B8 SUBCHANNEL = 0039 DASD 1191 3390 VPDPS1 R/W 9 CYL ON DASD 04B8 SUBCHANNEL = 002C DASD 129D 3390 VPDPS1 R/W 9 CYL ON DASD 04B8 SUBCHANNEL = 0032 To get to the first minidisk I did a: CP LINK USERA 11F 111F MW Links are all O.K. no errors on any of the links. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated. Thanks. _____________ LEGAL NOTICE Unless expressly stated otherwise, this message is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. Access to this E-mail by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an addressee, any disclosure or copying of the contents of this E-mail or any action taken (or not taken) in reliance on it is unauthorized and may be unlawful. If you are not an addressee, please inform the sender immediately, then delete this message and empty from your trash. Confidentiality: This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information, and unauthorized disclosure or use is prohibited. If you receive this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete this e-mail from your system. . CONFIDENTIALITY: This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information, and unauthorized disclosure or use is prohibited. If you receive this e-mail in error, notify the sender and delete this e-mail from your system.
