Scott I seem to recall the VM guy that came here and set us up told me I had to init with ickdsf on the VM side, but I won't swear to it.
But I did and have had no problems. There are others on the board that know for sure Mace ________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Rohling Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 6:33 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: DF/DSS backup of z/VM volumes Thanks, Larry and Robert! Since those jobs look pretty much like the job we are running here - I'm wondering if these volumes are initialized by z/OS first before giving them to z/VM? Here, it seems we are having to do some things from z/OS before we can label them on z/VM.. Here's the JCL they use: //STEP01 EXEC PGM=ICKDSF,REGION=8M,PARM=NOREPLYU //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSIN DD DATA INIT UNIT(650A) VERIFY(SK650A) VOLID(SK650A) VTOC(0000,01,01) NIX Since I'm a z/OS idiot (that's a pre-newbie) and don't really speak VTOC - I don't know exactly what the above is doing and why it's needed for DF/DSS to backup the z/VM volumes. Thanks again! Scott Rohling On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Robert J McCarthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Scott, We backup our zVM volumes from zOS using DF/dss. The following are the control cards that we use : DUMP INDDNAME(VOLUME) - OUTDDNAME(TAPE) TOL(IOERROR) OPT(4) - CPVOLUME TRACKS(0,0,13299,14) ADMIN Bob ________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Rohling Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 10:46 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: DF/DSS backup of z/VM volumes At my current location, DF/DSS on z/OS is being used to backup the z/VM volumes, including Linux guest volumes.. On some of the volumes, the following occurs: ADR307E (004)-OPENCL(11), Unable to open volume xxxxxxx, 16 This is indicating an invalid VTOC from what I can tell.. We are using ICKDSF CPVOL to initialize/label the disks on z/VM. Is there something special outside of ICKDSF that needs to be done so that DF/DSS can backup the volume? I know this is the z/VM mailing list - but hoping some of you may have similar requirements and some ideas. I heard a rumor of some dataset being written to 4 tracks of cylinder 0 .. but unconfirmed. Thanks! Scott Rohling ----------------------------------------- ******************************************************************** 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. ********************************************************************
