You'd need to restore the DDR backup to a new filepool user (with exactly the same minidisk configuration, for example userid NEWSFS). After the restore, link to the restored NEWSFS 191 and - RENAME oldSFS DMSPARMS fm NEWSFS = = - change the filepool ID in NEWSFS DMSPARMS to e.g. TEMPSFS - RENAME oldfpool POOLDEF fm TEMPSFS POOLDEF = Release and DEATCH the NEWSFS 119 and start NEWSFS up. Then you can isseu DIRLIST TEMPSFS:someuserid.
But, as I wrote earlier today: DDR backups taken while SFS runs, may yield a corrupted SFS after the restore. If you don't want to spend money on a decent backup product (like IBM's IBM Backup and Restore Manager or CA's VM:Backup), you should better use FILEPOOL BACKUP as backup method: - no extra SW license - can run while SFS is active (better: SFS must run during the backup) - you can restore one or more files from the backup medium. (memory is a bit rusty, it may be FILEPOOL UNLOAD instead of FILEPOOL BACKUP to be able to restore selected files; the SFS admin manual will guide you to the details.) 2008/12/23 Phillip Parmelee <parme...@us.ibm.com>: > > I've never worked with SFS before. The SFS was designed and put into 24x7 > production use circa 1996. There are few trails to follow. Presently there > is a daily backup of the system plus weekly DDR's of the volumes. Due to > production I cannot shutdown for much more time than the backup takes. I > need to restore or somehow obtain a program (deleted by a programmer), and > only that file. The manuals I have found are not too clear regarding > recovery/restore of SFS. Can one file be easily obtained from a backup? > > > Phil > > > > -- Kris Buelens, IBM Belgium, VM customer support
