> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 3:03 AM, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 15:43:20 +0300, G+D+J+ B+N% #B+J+ <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > >We are in the process of copying datasets from tape to disk. The users > > would like to keep the same creation dates. > > > > > How is changing the date likely to influence the backup > > process? If a backed up version with the same DSNAME > > and a more recent timestamp exists, might the backup be > > skipped? > > > > Likewise, I noticed (long ago; it may now be different) > > that when I restored a data set from a backup copy, > > it was given the timestamp of the time of the restore. > > This would seem to cause HSM to back up the data set > > needlessly at the next cycle. > > > > I suppose there are different timestamps in many places; > > it all depends on which one the backup utility honors. > > > > -- gil
> >"Itschak Mugzach" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>... > The kind of backup you refer to is based on the change bit (Which is reset > on restore). DMS Vtoc utility is a dataset by dataset update utility. a > physical backup &restore would solve the need to "zap" the vto and would > keep the original creation dates. > > Itschak > No, remember the OP is copying datasets from tape to disk. After the copy, the dataset has today as creation date. A physical backup and restore does not change this. He likes to change the creation date back to the original creation date of the dataset on tape. Kees. ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
