There was a thread last August called "DDR'ing 3390 DASD To Remote Location". This was using DDR as a pipe stage. The download link is http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/descript.cgi?DRPC
During my test on a z/800 IFL engine a 3390 model 3 took 8 minutes to dump 600MB to my local laptop. Another option to look at. Hans -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Thomas Kern Sent: June 17, 2009 7:39 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Using DVD to restore an existing z/VM? I tested dumping a small (5 3390-m9) system using CMSDDR to CMS files, downloading them to a PC, burn to DVD. I took it to a DR exercise, uploaded the files, CMSDDR VMARC and VMARC MODULE to the vendor's floor system and restored my system, one volume at a time. Actual recovery time from sitting at the master console to completing IPL of my system was about 2.5 hours. If I was to do this as a real DR plan, I would have more of MY code on the DVD and prep the floor system so I could run all restores in parallel. /Tom Kern Scott Rohling wrote: > Anyone ever use the HMC DVD to write some type of image (DDR? ZIP? > whatever) file to restore an existing z/VM system? Not an install - but > a restore.. Wondering if this is a possibility if we don't have tape > drives on one site but want to restore an image from another site .. > something that would be able to restore a couple of 3390-9 images and > get us up and running.. > > Scott
