> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Warren Brown > Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 9:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Backup IOCDS > > > IS there an easy way to create a backup IOCDS to a CD for > backup purposes? > > Thanks, > > Warren
Warren, I don't know what your actual requirement is, but what I normally do is use HCD to create an IOCP deck (card image) and download it. That input is acceptable to the HMC so that I can use it to recreate the IOCDS if I need to. I can also use it as input to HCD to recreate the hardware configuration (but not the software configuration) on z/OS. Did you also want to backup the IODF file from z/OS? If so, then what I'd use the "EXPORT IODF" function of HCD. Use the "Operating system status" of "attended", with the Userid being yourself and the Node ID being the local system. What you will then have is a file on the SPOOL which NJE "file transfer" type file. You can now use SDSF to write the SYSOUT file to a disk file with LRECL=80, RECFM=FB. FTP this file, in binary, to your PC. Put this file and the IOCP file together and burn them to a CD. You can now restore the IOCDS using the HMC facilities, and once z/OS is up, you can ftp the exported IODF file to z/OS and do an RECEIVE INDATASET(...) to get the exported file. You will need the appropriate JCL to use the resulting file. An example would be: //IMPORT EXEC PROC=CBDJIMPT, // VOLUME='', // IODF='hlq.IODFxx', // TRACE='', // REPL='' //HCDIN DD DISP=SHR,DSN=userid.IODF.EXPORT.FILE -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
