Hi Bruce, I tryed to INIT the target volume under MVS with INIT. But the copy always fail.
My INIT : ICKDSF - MVS/ESA DEVICE SUPPORT FACILITIES 17.0 TIME: 0 INIT UNIT(8801) VOLID(HI8801) VFY(HI8801) ICK00700I DEVICE INFORMATION FOR 8801 IS CURRENTLY AS FOLLOWS: PHYSICAL DEVICE = 3390 STORAGE CONTROLLER = 2105 STORAGE CONTROL DESCRIPTOR = E8 DEVICE DESCRIPTOR = 0A ADDITIONAL DEVICE INFORMATION = 4A000035 TRKS/CYL = 15, # PRIMARY CYLS = 3339 ICK04000I DEVICE IS IN SIMPLEX STATE ICK00091I 8801 NED= 2105. .HTC.55.000000011134 ICK31061I 8801 VTOC INDEX CREATION SUCCESSFUL: VOLUME IS IN INDEX FORMAT ICK01317I VTOC-INDEX IS LOCATED AT CCHH=X'0001 0000' AND IS 15 TRACKS. ICK01314I VTOC IS LOCATED AT CCHH=X'0000 0001' AND IS 14 TRACKS. ICK00001I FUNCTION COMPLETED, HIGHEST CONDITION CODE WAS 0 My Copy : PAGE 0001 5695-DF175 DFSMSDSS V1R3.0 DATA SET SERVICES 2006.083 09:29 COPY TRACKS(0,0,3338,14) COPYVOLID - ADMINISTRATOR PURGE - CPVOLUME - INDDNAME(ENTRADA) - OUTDDNAME(SAIDA) ADR101I (R/I)-RI01 (01), TASKID 001 HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO COMMAND 'COPY ' ADR109I (R/I)-RI01 (01), 2006.083 09:29:28 INITIAL SCAN OF USER CONTROL STATEMEN ADR016I (001)-PRIME(01), RACF LOGGING OPTION IN EFFECT FOR THIS TASK ADR006I (001)-STEND(01), 2006.083 09:29:28 EXECUTION BEGINS ADR307E (001)-OPNCL(11), UNABLE TO OPEN VOLUME HI8801, 16 ADR006I (001)-STEND(02), 2006.083 09:29:28 EXECUTION ENDS ADR013I (001)-CLTSK(01), 2006.083 09:29:28 TASK COMPLETED WITH RETURN CODE 0008 ADR012I (SCH)-DSSU (01), 2006.083 09:29:28 DFSMSDSS PROCESSING COMPLETE. HIGHEST TASK 001 But with INIT under VM ICKDSF - CMS/XA/ESA DEVICE SUPPORT FACILITIES 17.0 03/24/06 PAGE 1 ENTER INPUT COMMAND: CPVOL FMT MODE(ESA) UNIT(8801) VOLID(HI8801) NOVFY - ENTER INPUT COMMAND: RANGE(0,3338) ICK00700I DEVICE INFORMATION FOR 8801 IS CURRENTLY AS FOLLOWS: PHYSICAL DEVICE = 3390 STORAGE CONTROLLER = 3990 STORAGE CONTROL DESCRIPTOR = E9 DEVICE DESCRIPTOR = 0A ADDITIONAL DEVICE INFORMATION = 4A001B35 ICK04000I DEVICE IS IN SIMPLEX STATE ICK00091I 8801 NED= 2105. .HTC.55.000000011134 ICK091I 8801 NED= 2105. .HTC.55.000000011134 ICK03020I CPVOL WILL PROCESS 8801 FOR VM/ESA MODE ICK03090I VOLUME SERIAL = HI8801 ICK03022I FORMATTING THE DEVICE WITHOUT FILLER RECORDS ICK03011I CYLINDER RANGE TO BE FORMATTED IS 0 - 3338 ICK003D REPLY U TO ALTER VOLUME 8801 CONTENTS, ELSE T U ICK03000I CPVOL REPORT FOR 8801 FOLLOWS: FORMATTING OF CYLINDER 0 STARTED AT: 09:35:10 FORMATTING OF CYLINDER 100 ENDED AT: 09:35:13 FORMATTING OF CYLINDER 200 ENDED AT: 09:35:16 ... FORMATTING OF CYLINDER 3338 ENDED AT: 09:37:03 VOLUME SERIAL NUMBER IS NOW = HI8801 CYLINDER ALLOCATION CURRENTLY IS AS FOLLOWS: TYPE START END TOTAL ---- ----- --- ----- PERM 0 3338 3339 ICK00001I FUNCTION COMPLETED, HIGHEST CONDITION CODE WAS 0 09:37:03 03/24/06 ENTER INPUT COMMAND: end Now the copy is OK COPY TRACKS(0,0,3338,14) COPYVOLID - ADMINISTRATOR PURGE - CPVOLUME - INDDNAME(ENTRADA) - OUTDDNAME(SAIDA) ADR101I (R/I)-RI01 (01), TASKID 001 HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO COMMAND 'COPY ' ADR109I (R/I)-RI01 (01), 2006.083 09:40:02 INITIAL SCAN OF USER CONTROL STATEME ADR016I (001)-PRIME(01), RACF LOGGING OPTION IN EFFECT FOR THIS TASK ADR006I (001)-STEND(01), 2006.083 09:40:02 EXECUTION BEGINS ADR320I (001)-SBRTN(01), VOLUME SERIAL HI8801 ON UNIT 8801 IS CHANGED TO L044B0 ADR344I (001)-SBRTN(01), VOLSER ON UCB 8801 IS A DUPLICATE. VOLUME MADE UNAVAIL ADR006I (001)-STEND(02), 2006.083 09:43:49 EXECUTION ENDS ADR013I (001)-CLTSK(01), 2006.083 09:43:49 TASK COMPLETED WITH RETURN CODE 0000 I canĀ“t figure out what is the diference. Oswaldo ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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