Mike, Actually, not quite. :-)
The ADR918I message is saying that the target is a source in a PPRC relationship. The message text is slightly misleading since it shows the source vol-ser. The problem is that FLSH04 got set up as a PPRC source to the remote machine. By default, FlashCopy doesn't allow a PPRC source volume to be a F/C target. The actual text from the x'9' return code says " One or more target devices are not eligible for fast replication at this time." I ran into this exact issue a year ago when we set up our replication. We just removed our flashcopy target volumes from the disk pool that gets replicated. In our case, it was temporary use dataset level flash copies, which I think is what Gadi is trying to do, flash the volumes long enough to back them up to tape then throw away the backup disk copies. No need to replicate this data to the remote device. Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Schwab Sent: Friday, December 01, 2017 5:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Problem after starting PPRC On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 6:22 AM, גדי בן אבי <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Yesterday we established PPRC (Global Mirror) relationships between our local > DS8884 and our remote DS8884. > This is our first venture into the storage replication area. > > We have a series of jobs that use flashcopy to copy a volume to a secondary > volume, and then backu to secondary to tape. This is done using DFSMSdss. > The command looks like this: > COPY FULL ADMINISTRATOR INDYNAM(SCR016) OUTDYNAM(FLSH04) - > DUMPCONDITIONING FASTREPLICATION(REQUIRED) PURGE ALLDATA(*) - > ALLEXCP CANCELERROR > IF LASTCC = 0 THEN > DUMP FULL ADMIN INDYNAM(FLSH04) OUTDDNAME(OUTPUT) ALLDATA(*) - > ALLEXCP OPTIMIZE(4) CANCELERROR > > ADR918I (001)-DDTFP(03), FAST REPLICATION COULD NOT BE USED FOR VOLUME > SCR016, RETURN CODE 9 This indicates the source volume SCR016 is in a PPRC pair. To make the backup copy, SUSPEND the PPRC relationship (updates to remote volume are stopped but updated tracks are being tracked), make your copy, then RESUME the PPRC relationship (and updated tracks will be sent). https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.antg000/susvlpr.htm -- 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 The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
