into which VOLCAT - specific, or General ?
- ravi. On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:53:49 -0500, Field, Alan C. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Ravi, > >We're doing the same thing. STK to IBM, only we got B20's. > >The only solution we have found is to define the "foreign" volumes in >the volcats. Use IDCAMS CREATE VOLENT. > >Alan > > >we're in the midst of migrating our workload out from STK's VSMs to >IBM's VE >TS7740 (set up in a dual cluster grid). this grid is shared by several >SYSPLEX. > >the problem we now face is this: > >during the VSM days, the tapes weren't SMS-managed. if there is a need >to >troubleshoot a job failure in Prod LPAR, the data may be backed up from >that >Prod LPAR and restored to a Test LPAR for analysis. > >for that, a simple use of EXPDT=98000 in the restore JCL was sufficient. > >now with the IBM VE, each SYSPLEX has its own TCDB (the VOLCATs), and >the >tapes are SMS-managed. the above restore process falls foul, as the >virtual >volumes in the Prod LPAR are not defined to the TCDBs in the Test LPAR. > >what can be done to continue using the restoration process ? >thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
