On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:13:02 -0600, Mark Zelden <[email protected]> wrote:

>For z/OS to z/OS, I have FTPed DFDSS format dumps directly with no problem. 
>From disk to tape or disk to disk.  Tape, without changing the BLKSIZE is 
>a problem. I think Barbara mentioned she has done this, but I never tried 
>overriding it. 

I just ran a quick test of a full volume DFDSS dump to tape with
adding "BLKSIZE=27998" to output DD, then FTPed to tape
in another sysplex, and I was able to restore it without a problem.


> I think I mentioned this before, but for FTPing full volume 
>dumps, tape to tape, I prefer to use FDR with "FORMAT=SPLIT" which 
>restricts the BLKSIZE to 32K.   Then as already has been posted 
>several times you use "MODE B" and "TYPE E" (or EBCDIC).  
>Tersing and untersing as an extra (CPU intensive) unnecessary step 
>if you are FTPing between z/OS systems.
>


Mark
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