Robert, You should not have to init volumes and connect catalogs and manually change any VOL=SER=######. This whole process can be automated; from Auditing your DASD so no volumes are missed, building backup JCL to fill high density tapes (including any new volumes that were created at 3:00 am) and building the recovery JCL at the DR site. Please visit site http://www.opentechsystems.com/dbs.php for more detailed information. Don Bolton Dir Technical Services OpenTech Systems, Inc.
-----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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
