Did you try the fdr from cyl / to cyl options on the backups? This sounds eerily familar to our label issue.
"Stahr, Lea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> 07/25/2006 08:17 AM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: [LINUX-390] Bad Linux backups FDR says working as designed. They back up the entire volume and restore the entire volume. I have restored 3 systems and they DO NOT BOOT. Lea Stahr Sr. System Administrator Linux/Unix Team 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Summerfied Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 6:03 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Bad Linux backups Stahr, Lea wrote: > I run SuSE SLES 8 under ZVM 5.1 in an IFL. The DASD are in a SAN that is > also accessed by ZOS. Backups are taken by ZOS using FDR full volume > copies on Saturday morning (low usage). When I restore a backup, it will > not boot. The backup and the restore have the same byte counts. Linux > support at MainLine Systems tells me that he has seen this before at > other customers. What is everyone using for Linux under ZVM backups? > HELP! My backups are no good! What do the FDR suppliers say? -- Cheers John -- spambait [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tourist pics http://portgeographe.environmentaldisasters.cds.merseine.nu/ do not reply off-list ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
