Mike, I can't answer your question directly because I don't remember how I initialized the flashcopy targets. They currently show up in ISMF as "converted". We are flashing SMS packs to SMS packs for subsequent backups to tape. We just successfully completed a hotsite test this week where we restored our z-box from these packs. We have also done dataset-level restores from these tapes.
Let me know offline if you would like to see samples of our jobs. Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 10:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: FLASHCOPY TARGET VOLUMES We currently FLASHCOPY NON-SMS (Source) DASD volumes to NON-SMS (Target) DASD volumes. Are there any issues in performing FLASHCOPY from SMS (source) DASD volumes to NON-SMS (Target) DASD volumes. Are there any issues in the subsequent backup/restore process? Can not find anything in the manuals. Would like to know what other shops do. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
