I'm sorry for leaving all this out...my brain is a bit weary. The file is a PS file, F/4096, and is one of 3 files in the backup (the other two have the same results). It was quite a while ago on disk (when it was backed up), and there is no output to review, but I am assuming the backup worked fine, since the data in the backup file looks good/ We have no HSM backups or archives - only this DFDSS backup - to work with.
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Lizette Koehler <[email protected]>wrote: > If you could provide a little more detail. > > Is the file being restored VSAM, SEQ, PDS, PDSE? > > What will be the file attributes when restored? > > When was the file last on DASD? Was there a backup then? What was the > results? Any warning messages? > > > When was the file backed up? What jobstream. Did you review the last > backup to see if there were errors for this file? > > Do you have DFHSM? If so, is there an HSM Backup of the file? HLIST > DSN(filename) BCDS will let you know > > If there is a DFHSM Backup then HRECOV filename should work > > Lizette > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Bill Ashton > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 6:10 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: DFDSS problem > > 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 > <[email protected]>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:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Bill Ashton > > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 5:43 AM > > To: [email protected] > > 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 [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > -- > Thank you and best regards, > *Billy Ashton* > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Thank you and best regards, *Billy Ashton* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
