This (full volume backup/restore) certainly works for tape GDGs. The issue you are left with, if you do not move all your volumes, are the orphaned entries in the catalog for your other datasets. Generating DELETE NOSCRATCH cards and submitting them to IDCAMS can be a very painfully slow process. Several products on the market, of which T-REX is one, can SCRUB the catalogs and synchronize them with the DASD farm quickly.
Another option would be to backup your catalog and 'scrub' the entries as they are loaded back into the catalog. By never restoring the entries on the reload, you never have to scrub them. Larry Crilley Dino Software Corp. Home of REORGadon: The world's first REORG While-OPEN tool for HSM http://www.dino-software.com/ 412.366.3566 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C] Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 10:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: syhchronize tape gdgS If you backup the volume(s) containing the catalog entries. Then restore it at DR. Import connect said catalog to the driving floor system at DR. Almost forgot - define alias pointing to usercat for DR HLQs. You won't have to worry about coding jcl pointing to specific GDG. The catalog will do it for you. -----Original Message----- From: Judy Ellis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 9:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: syhchronize tape gdgS Hi, I create daily tape DR backups. I want to sychronize the GDGs for disaster recovery so that I do not have to code different version numbers in the JCL when I recover DASD. How is the best way to accomplish this? Thanks, Judy Ellis ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
