You may have to vary off the device and vary it back on. On Thursday 25 May 2006 7:59 am, Larry Macioce wrote: > We dump our VM/LINUX vols using dfdss on mvs. The dump parm looks like th > is: > DUMP TRACKS(0,0,3338,14) INDDNAME(TAPE) OUTDDNAME(DASD) ADMIN - > CPVOLUME CANCELERROR > > So I wanted to restore to a different pack to look at the pack. The > restore pack had a different label that I did a cpfmtxa to so as not to > > confuse myself. But I was told by IBM that I'd have to restore track 0 > > which would destroy the vol header. But at least I knew what pack I was > > restoring to and could then go back into vm and relabel the pack to what > I > want to name it. I ran the restore and looked at the vol ser(on mvs) and > > expected the vol ser to change. Much to my suprise it didn't. The volser > is > the same as it was before the restore. The restore parm looks like this: > RESTORE TRACKS(0,0,3338,14) INDDNAME(TAPE) OUTDDNAME(DASD) ADMIN - > CPVOLUME CANCELERROR PURGE > > > Shouldn't this have wiped out the vol ser???? > > thanks > Mace
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