>>> On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at  8:26 PM, in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul Gilmartin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
-snip-
> ... but grouping with DDR suggests it's DDR unloaded format.  Can
> VM DDR be restored to DASD using non-VM systems?  Perhaps they

There is a standalone DDR program, just as there is a standalone dump/restore 
for z/OS.

> supply a z/OS, Linux, or standalone restore program.  Hmmm.  DDR
> is a totally unrelated initialism in z/OS.
> 
> I'm intrigued by the question of how a new z/Series installation
> gets started.  Of course, this is relevant only if there are new
> z/Series installations, not dissuaded by their first glimpse of
> JCL.

There aren't that many these days, but again, standalone restore of a small 
single-volume sysres isn't that hard.


Mark Post

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