Hi Lizette, and thanks for your note. I have done the restore with a new name with no difference. I have also dumped the backup with IDCAMS, and I can see the data, which looks like the right format - there is a bunch of data as I expected.
Unfortunately, the original file is no longer available, which is why I am trying to get this backup to work. I have to say that I am not the happiest guy at the moment. Billy On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Lizette Koehler <stars...@mindspring.com>wrote: > Sometimes when I run into strange issues with DFDSS, I will bring the > dataset back as a new name and then browse the file after it is restored. > > If you are getting blksize 0 then maybe the file on backup is empty. > > I would try creating a new file: filename.recv (I use RECV as a suffix > so I know it is a recovered file.) and then browse it. > > It maybe that your file has no data. In which case I would just allocate > it > rather than trying to restore it. > > Lizette > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Bill Ashton > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 5:43 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: DFDSS problem > > Hello friends! > I am trying to restore some files that were backed up with DFDSS some time > ago, and I am having a problem with the results. > > If I let DFDSS allocate the file, I get an output file with a Blocksize of > zero, although all the space amounts are fine. I then tried to use OUTDD(), > and if I specify Blksize/Lrecl/Recfm or if I don't, I still get a Blocksize > zero. > > If I specify the blocksize, I get this warning (but the file is Blksize 0): > ADR398W (001)-TDUNL(02), DATA SET xxx.xxx.xxx BLOCKSIZE OF 04096 IS > INCORRECT. LARGEST BLOCKSIZE IS 4096. > > Does anyone have any idea what could be happening, or how I can override > the > DCB that DFDSS wants to use? I no longer have access to the backup job, so > can't see the output. > > Here is my input: > RESTORE DATASET(INCLUDE(xxx.xxx.xxx)) INDD(BKP) - > OUTDD(FILE420) BYPASSACS(**) REPLACEU > > -- > Thank you and best regards, > *Billy Ashton* > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Thank you and best regards, *Billy Ashton* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
