Suggestion: Restore ... EAV=??? NO store in non-EAV area. SAME Store same EAV/non-EAV area. YES (default) If eligible as is and above threshold store in EAV space). CONVERT (If eligible, change data set attributes to be able to store in EAV area, actual location according to space and threshold, not all datasets are eligible). FORCE (If eligible, convert attribute ans store in EAV area if it will fit).
On Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 3:53 PM Radoslaw Skorupka <[email protected]> wrote: > > W dniu 18.10.2024 o 20:03, Steve Estle pisze: > > Radoslaw, > > > > Not something I've tried - my SMS guy is out right now but can talk to him > > when he gets back. Not sure we have any EAV volumes yet, although we've > > discussed. I have few thoughts: > > > > 1. If the DSS doc. does not offer any restrictions on restoring as you > > indicate (were the backups done as logical or physical?), I'd recommend > > reporting this as a potential defect to IBM support. > > > > 2. Have you tried logical disk to disk DSS copy - does it give same error? > > > > If this being restored from a physical backup, might try backing up / > > restoring from logical backup and see if any difference. > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > Steve, > Thank you for your valuable advices, however the problem seems to be > solved by Ernesto's hint. > I simply checked RESTORE syntax, but forgot about "patch features" of dss. > While haven't tested it I strongly believe the patch is the answer. > Thank you Ernesto! > > BTW: I don't understand patch concept. It could be good solution for > beta products or early features. However nowadays I would expect simple > switch. It need not to be a keyword of (many) dss commands, it would be > enough to have some SETTINGS paragraph with some KEY=value entries. > Provided as a part of SYSIN of another DSSPARM file. Yes, SET PATCH does > similar job, but "5B FF" is much less intuitive than KEY=value. > > > Regards > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
