Lame typo: I meant FCWITHDR and not FDWITHDR. (and I hope very strongly that I did not add any new typos in this typo erratum)
Bill Fairchild Programmer Rocket Software 408 Chamberlain Park Lane * Franklin, TN 37069-2526 * USA t: +1.617.614.4503 * e: [email protected] * w: www.rocketsoftware.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Fairchild Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 2:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FlashCopy Command Try to do a FlashCopy on your system. That will tell you very quickly if it is supported in both the software and hardware. There are many ways to attempt to start a Flashcopy operation, and each way is documented in a different book. I would suggest sending an operator command via a TSO session. Look in DFSMS Advanced Copy Services, SC35-0428-13, which is the one I have. The command names are FCESTABL, FCQUERY, and FDWITHDR. The syntax for these commands begins on p. 451 in my -13 version of this book. EMC has their own proprietary function which works similarly to Flashcopy, but does many other things. That, however, does not mean that their hardware will not emulate the IBM FlashCopy I/O operations. You should be able to direct your FCxxxxxx commands to any device on any vendor's controller that has compatibility with the IBM Flashcopy function. Be careful which device you select as the target of your FCESTABL command. Pick a device at random. Do a FCQUERY against that device number. The messages displayed will let you know if FlashCopy is supported by the software or not. If it is, the messages will also let you know if that device supports FC. If it doesn't, pick another device and try again. Or ask someone in your data center who knows what kind of hardware you have, who the vendors are, and what features are available on which devices. Start by asking your manager. If your manager can't help you, then do the FCQUERY to every device in the system. If you have 20,000 devices, it may take a while. Bill Fairchild Programmer Rocket Software 408 Chamberlain Park Lane * Franklin, TN 37069-2526 * USA t: +1.617.614.4503 * e: [email protected] * w: www.rocketsoftware.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carlos Bodra Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 12:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: FlashCopy Command Hi, Since z/OS neither OS/390 is my background, I need to know some informations about Flashcopy (PTC) feature. 1 - How can I discover if my old system has support for flahscopy services. (5645-001 - OS/390 1.3!!!!) 2 - In what manual can I found more details about flashcopy for this ancient OS/390 version? Thanks a lot for any kind of hint -- Carlos Bodra Sao Paulo - Brazil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
