Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore?

2010-10-24 Thread John McKown
On Sun, 2010-10-24 at 00:05 -0700, Ed Gould wrote: > John: > One warning that hit me. We used to do weekly dump & restore of the HSM > cds's.Make sure you make two copies of the backup tape. Either after dump > copy to another tape or create 2 copies with the dump.This saved my ass more > than o

Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore?

2010-10-24 Thread Ed Gould
John: One warning that hit me. We used to do weekly dump & restore of the HSM cds's.Make sure you make two copies of the backup tape. Either after dump copy to another tape or create 2 copies with the dump.This saved my ass more than once. Tape is not even close to being 100 percent dependable.

Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore?

2010-10-21 Thread Ron Hawkins
4:15 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] DFDSS VSAM logical restore? > > On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 13:55 +0200, Yifat Oren wrote: > > John, > > > > I would have used SORT-COPY (but if it's DFSORT make sure the VSAM BUFND > > setting is optimal). It s

Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore?

2010-10-21 Thread Ron Hawkins
: [IBM-MAIN] DFDSS VSAM logical restore? > > On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:43:49 -0500, John McKown wrote: > > >A dummy question. When I do a VSAM logical dataset restore using DFDSS, does > >it do a reorganization of the data? I would think so, but I cannot find it > >in

Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore?

2010-10-21 Thread John McKown
On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 13:55 +0200, Yifat Oren wrote: > John, > > I would have used SORT-COPY (but if it's DFSORT make sure the VSAM BUFND > setting is optimal). It should be faster than IDCAMS (because of the better > TAPE I/O). > > Are you sure you need to reorg at all? > > I'm sure you are fa

Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore?

2010-10-21 Thread Scott Rowe
If the file is defined w/REUSE you do not need to DELETE/DEFINE, just REPRO w/REUSE. Or, you can use EXPORT/IMPORT, which will do the DELETE/DEFINE for you (or maybe just the DEFINE, I forget). On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 4:29 PM, John McKown wrote: > But not as easy due to the required DELETE / DEF

Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore?

2010-10-21 Thread John McKown
But not as easy due to the required DELETE / DEFINE. It __must__ be easy! -- John McKown Maranatha! <>< Sent from my Vibrant Android phone. On Oct 21, 2010 1:08 PM, "Clark Morris" wrote: On 21 Oct 2010 03:51:00 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 10:49 +01... Sort

Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore?

2010-10-21 Thread Clark Morris
On 21 Oct 2010 03:51:00 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 10:49 +0100, Mike Kerford-Byrnes wrote: >> If you are only looking at speeding up the re-org process (which implies >> KSDS only) would SORT be viable? After all, it is designed to read and >> write data as

Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore?

2010-10-21 Thread Yifat Oren
ה 21 אוקטובר 2010 12:49 To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore? On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 10:49 +0100, Mike Kerford-Byrnes wrote: > If you are only looking at speeding up the re-org process (which > implies KSDS only) would SORT be viable? After all, it is designed to

Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore?

2010-10-21 Thread Norbert Friemel
On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:43:49 -0500, John McKown wrote: >A dummy question. When I do a VSAM logical dataset restore using DFDSS, does >it do a reorganization of the data? I would think so, but I cannot find it >in the manual. This would be from a logical dump. Yes, a VSAM KSDS dataset is reorganiz

Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore?

2010-10-21 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of John McKown > > On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 10:49 +0100, Mike Kerford-Byrnes wrote: > > If you are only looking at speeding up the re-org process (which implies > > KSDS only) would SORT be viable? After all, it is designed

Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore?

2010-10-21 Thread John McKown
On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 10:49 +0100, Mike Kerford-Byrnes wrote: > If you are only looking at speeding up the re-org process (which implies > KSDS only) would SORT be viable? After all, it is designed to read and > write data as fast as it can - and there would be no need to actually SORT > anything.

Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore?

2010-10-21 Thread Mike Kerford-Byrnes
If you are only looking at speeding up the re-org process (which implies KSDS only) would SORT be viable? After all, it is designed to read and write data as fast as it can - and there would be no need to actually SORT anything... Just a thought MKB -

Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore?

2010-10-21 Thread Norbert Friemel
On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:02:49 -0700, Ron Hawkins wrote: > >In the case of John's question the answer is no, the KSDS will not be >reorganized when you use DFSMSdss RESTORE. > That's only true if you specified "NOVALIDATE" for the logical dump. "VALIDATE" is the default. With "VALIDATE" (on DUMP) t

Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore?

2010-10-20 Thread Ron Hawkins
; From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of > John McKown > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 2:02 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] DFDSS VSAM logical restore? > > Thanks, Alan. > How about IDCAMS EXPORT / IMPORT? We a

Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore?

2010-10-20 Thread Stephen Mednick
Thanks. My boss already mentioned something from FDR. With the comment that the cost was way too high for us. We're still downsizing. And looking at replacing CA-FAVER to reduce software cost. One doesn't save money by replacing a Ford with a Lexus! -- John McKown Maranatha! <>< Well considering t

Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore?

2010-10-20 Thread Ron Hawkins
Ron > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of > Starr, Alan > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 12:59 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] DFDSS VSAM logical restore? > > Hi John, > > I don&

Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore?

2010-10-20 Thread John McKown
On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 08:27 +1100, Stephen Mednick wrote: > If looking for an alternative to the traditional IDCAMS REPRO for the > reorganisation of VSAM(and IAM) files, Innovation Data Processing's FDREORG > solution might be worth looking at: > > http://www.innovationdp.fdr.com/products/

Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore?

2010-10-20 Thread John McKown
On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 14:14 -0700, Starr, Alan wrote: > Yes John... As far as I know, both REPRO and EXPORT result in a reorganized > VSAM dataset. > > While you're looking at alternatives, you may wish to consider Innovation's > IAM. We are quite happy with it. > > Regards, > Alan IAM is pro

Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore?

2010-10-20 Thread Stephen Mednick
AIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore? Yes John... As far as I know, both REPRO and EXPORT result in a reorganized VSAM dataset. While you're looking at alternatives, you may wish to consider Innovation's IAM. We are quite happy with it. Regards, Alan -Origin

Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore?

2010-10-20 Thread Starr, Alan
ilto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 14:02 To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore? Thanks, Alan. How about IDCAMS EXPORT / IMPORT? We are looking at what it would take to replace CA-FAVER. It is a good product, but we are

Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore?

2010-10-20 Thread John McKown
Thanks, Alan. How about IDCAMS EXPORT / IMPORT? We are looking at what it would take to replace CA-FAVER. It is a good product, but we are looking at possible alternatives. IDCAMS is __slow__! -- John McKown Maranatha! <>< Sent from my Vibrant Android phone. On Oct 20, 2010 2:59 PM, "Starr, Alan"

Re: DFDSS VSAM logical restore?

2010-10-20 Thread Starr, Alan
frame Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 12:44 To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: DFDSS VSAM logical restore? A dummy question. When I do a VSAM logical dataset restore using DFDSS, does it do a reorganization of the data? I w

DFDSS VSAM logical restore?

2010-10-20 Thread John McKown
A dummy question. When I do a VSAM logical dataset restore using DFDSS, does it do a reorganization of the data? I would think so, but I cannot find it in the manual. This would be from a logical dump. -- John McKown Maranatha! <>< Sent from my Vibrant Android phone. -