Your devices should still be there. Issue a mount for the volume in a specific device. You might need to access the Virtual Library's manual mount functions
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Jesse 1 Robinson > Sent: Friday, September 04, 2020 1:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Ransoming a mainframe disk farm > > I did not know that CD could be used for standalone restore. However, how > do I process my volume dumps? They also live only in virtual. > > . > . > J.O.Skip Robinson > Southern California Edison Company > Electric Dragon Team Paddler > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager > 323-715-0595 Mobile > 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Gibney, Dave > Sent: Friday, September 4, 2020 12:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: (External):Re: Ransoming a mainframe disk farm > > CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL > > You can IPL Standalone DSS or FDR from CD > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > > Behalf Of Jesse 1 Robinson > > Sent: Friday, September 04, 2020 11:51 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Ransoming a mainframe disk farm > > > > It’s Friday, so don’t rag on me for venturing into IT fiction. No one > > has hit us with this challenge (yet), but it could happen. > > > > Ransomware is much in the news these days. As unlikely as it might be, > > some nefarious genius manages to lock you out of your entire disk farm > > and demands rubies and bitcoin to remove the lock. Meanwhile your shop > > is out of the water. You have everything meticulously mirrored to > > another site, but as with any good mirror, the lock has been reflected in > your recovery site. > > > > The classic mainframe response--short of forking over the > > ransom--would be to IPL a standalone DSS restore tape, then locate and > > mount standard offload backup tapes. Restore enough key volumes to IPL > > a minimal system, then proceed to restore (all) other volumes. It will take > > a > while, but it will work. > > Eventually. > > > > Now consider a smartly modern shop that has taken the advice of a > > generation of hired gurus and eliminated 'real tape' altogether. No > > more physical tapes. No more physical tape drives. > > > > What would be your sage advice? > > > > . > > . > > J.O.Skip Robinson > > Southern California Edison Company > > Electric Dragon Team Paddler > > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager > > 323-715-0595 Mobile > > 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW > > [email protected] > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
