You may not like the answer, but I spent a lot of time encouraging IBM to add the functionality of being able to rename a VSAM data set when restoring from a physical backup, and they did add this functionality to z/OS 2.1. If you're not at this release yet, you will have to do the following:
1. On a non-production system, such as a systems programming sandbox, vary the drive from which the backup was taken offline. 2. Clip a spare volume and give it the same volume serial as the original volume. 3. Execute a DFSMSdss RESTORE FULL command to restore the entire volume. At this point the restored VSAM data set will be accessible. You can rename it, move it to another volume, and then throw away the volume you just restored. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
