I would not point directly to the device the file is on. I don't do that unless I want to place files on a particular device.
In this case a logical dump will work best. This way all the parts can be found even if they are on different devices. On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:50:44 -0400, O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C] <[email protected]> wrote: >PHYSINDYNAM specifies the input volume that is to be dynamically allocated > to a physical copy or dump operation. A nonspecific volume > serial number cannot be specified by using an asterisk (*). Only > one volume may be specified for a FULL, TRACKS, or DATASET COPY. > The device described by the volser must be the same type as the > output device specified on the OUTDD or OUTDYNAM keyword. > >Suggest you look at the example in the manual. > >Dave O'Brien >NIH Contractor >________________________________________ >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] On Behalf Of esmie moo [[email protected]] >Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 9:44 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: DFDSS QUESTION - PHYSICAL BACKUP OF A VSAM DSN WITH ALTERNATE INDEX > >Good Morning Gentle Readers, > >I am having a problem trying to backup a VSAM dsn with ALTERNATE index. For some reason when I use the SPHERE parm it does not work. Can the SPHERE parm be used for a physical dataset backup? Below are my control cards and error messages: > >- DUMP PHYSINDDNAME(DASD1) OUTDDNAME(TAPE1) - > DATASET(INCLUDE(DEOP64.AM2.PAYROLL)) - > OPT(4) ALLX ALLD(*) SPHERE > ADR101I (R/I)-RI01 (01), TASKID 001 HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO COMMAND 'DUMP ' > ADR109I (R/I)-RI01 (01), 2009.112 09:12:25 INITIAL SCAN OF USER CONTROL STATEME > ADR139E (001)-RI01 (01), INCONSISTENT PARAMETERS INVOLVING 'PHYSINDDNAME ' > ADR131E (001)-RI03 (01), ABOVE TEXT BYPASSED UNTIL NEXT COMMAND > ADR017E (001)-CLTSK(01), 2009.112 09:12:25 TASK NOT SCHEDULED DUE TO ERROR. TASK > >Thanks to all > > > > __________________________________________________________________ >Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet Explorer® 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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
