Thanks to everybody who responded to my post and help fix my problem. You are all a shining example of what a great group you are. Much obliged. Cheers.
--- On Fri, 5/29/09, Ulrich Krueger <[email protected]> wrote: From: Ulrich Krueger <[email protected]> Subject: Re: DFHSM QUESTION - UNABLE TO BACKUP DSN To: [email protected] Received: Friday, May 29, 2009, 9:06 AM > Since the DATASET BACKUP option is held, can I assume if I issue the RELEASE BACKUP(DSCOMMAND), the datasets will be backed up to ML1 DASD since the TAPE(TASKS is set to (0). IMHO ... Yes, but ... What if a dataset backup request exceeds 850MB or the max. space available on a single ML1 disk? Since you don't allow tape to be used for backups, this will cause an error and your dataset backups will be held again. My recommendation is to first change your configuration to allow one (or more) tape backup tasks and then release backup. Regards, Ulrich Krueger -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of willie bunter Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 08:49 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: DFHSM QUESTION - UNABLE TO BACKUP DSN David, I found in the doc that both options can be used in the DFHSM STORAGE ADMINISTRATION REFERENCE ZOS V1R70. I will take a closer look at this option. Since the DATASET BACKUP option is held, can I assume if I issue the RELEASE BACKUP(DSCOMMAND), the datasets will be backed up to ML1 DASD since the TAPE(TASKS is set to (0). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 __________________________________________________________________ Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch to New Mail today or register for free at http://mail.yahoo.ca ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
