> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Pelletier > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 1:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Disaster Recovery and the Use of Aliases to Save > Typing VOLSERS In. > > > Thanks all for the help all last year. We are planning a > disaster recovery test next week. I plan to: > 1. Init the volumes > 2. Restore all volumes with our CATALOG datasets on them. > 3. Run an IMPORT CONNECT on all catalogs to IBMs master catalog. > 4. Then fireoff all the restores for the volumes. > What I want to do is have the catalogs from our site be used > with our aliases inorder not to have to type hundrds of > vol=ser=###### in the restore JCL like last time we went. > > Do I need the IMPORT CONNECT ALIAS on the IMPORT statement of > our master catalog on the import to their master or just an > IMPORT CONNECT with NO alias parameter to IBMs MASTER > CATALOG? Thanks all. I hope I am clear in what I am trying to > do here. > > Think Spring !!! > > Bob Pelletier > Connecticut Student Loan Foundation > Rocky Hill, Connecticut
You must do the IMPORT CONNECT, then individual DEF ALIAS commands. IMPORT CONNECT ALIAS is only used if the catalog is already CONNECTed and you are reCONNECTing it to change the volser or device type. <quote> The specification of ALIAS during an IMPORT CONNECT operation is intended for cases in which the volume serial information, or device type, or both, of the user catalog has changed since the DEFINE or previous IMPORT CONNECT operation. Specifying ALIAS results in an operation that is similar to an EXPORT DISCONNECT/IMPORT CONNECT sequence, except that any aliases that are of the user catalog are preserved. </quote> -- 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
