the restore and message was: RESTORE INDD(TAPE80) - DS(INCL(SYS2.DB2X.DSNLOAD.A)) - REPLACE ADR101I (R/I)-RI01 (01), TASKID 001 HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO COMMAND 'RESTORE ' ADR109I (R/I)-RI01 (01), 2021.033 05:35:38 INITIAL SCAN OF USER CONTROL STATEMEN ADR016I (001)-PRIME(01), RACF LOGGING OPTION IN EFFECT FOR THIS TASK ADR006I (001)-STEND(01), 2021.033 05:35:38 EXECUTION BEGINS ADR780I (001)-TDDS (01), THE INPUT DUMP DATA SET BEING PROCESSED IS IN LOGICAL D VERSION 2 RELEASE 2 MODIFICATION LEVEL 0 ON 2021.032 12 ADR415W (001)-TDLOG(01), NO DATA SETS WERE COPIED, DUMPED, OR RESTORED FROM ANY ADR487W (001)-TDLOG(01), DATA SET SYS2.DB2X.DSNLOAD.A NOT ON LOGICALLY FORMATTED
But as I said, I realized it was a simple mistake in that the dataset I specified was not included in the backup. Bill ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN