I have never IPLed SAD off anything but disk. For the other things you
can IPL from a tape unit like FDR, DFDSS, ZZSA you can just repeat the
IPL function till you get past the labels to the program. I always kept
the FDR install tape in the computer room for just that reason as it was
a ready made Stand Alone tape.
>From the FDR doc
"SAR SAR (Stand-Alone Restore) is an IPLable program <SNIP>which runs
without an operating system, whose main function is to restore FDR
full-volume backup tapes at a time when you cannot execute normal FDR
because your MVS system cannot be IPLed. This could occur if disk
volumes required for MVS IPL (such as residence volumes, paging volumes,
spooling volumes or library volumes) are unavailable due to hardware or
software problems. SAR can also be used to setup new data centers by
restoring backups of volumes prepared at another site. SAR is described
in detail in Section 15.
There is an IPLable copy of SAR in the first file on every FDR
distribution tape, but since that is a labeled tape, five hardware IPL
functions are required to bypass the labels and load the program.
Innovation recommends that you copy the SAR IPL text to an unlabeled
tape or to one or more disk
volumes for quick IPL when required. Once loaded, SAR can restore
multiple FDR backup tapes without an additional IPL."
Also of interest
"SAR IPL OPTIONS
An IPLable copy of SAR (Stand Alone Restore and backup) is on every
Innovation documentation CD produced since September 2005. Section 15
contains directions for IPLing SAR directly from the CD on your HMC
(Hardware Management Console). SAR is also available on the Innovation
FTP site. If your HMC has Internet access, you can IPL directly from
FTP, or you can copy the files to a CD and IPL from it."
Being prepared by having current and tested versions of the standalone
tools on CD, disk, or tape is a really good idea.
Best Regards,
Sam Knutson, GEICO
Performance and Availability Management
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Subject: Re: Lnnnnn tapes mystery
Don't your emergency IPL tapes (e.g., SADUMP or DFDSS) need to be
non-labeled?
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