Your assumption may be faint. You issue BACKUP on the SFS server's console (or CP SEND VMSERVx BACKAUP, what is the same) do you?. If this is the case, you only have a backup of the SFS control data (that is, who is enrolled, which GRANTs are given, etc), but **not** of the data residing in these SFS files.
2008/12/23 Phillip Parmelee <[email protected]>: > > The daily backup is created from the SFS system via backup. Which since it > has no parameters associated with it, I am assuming that everything is > backed up. > > Phil > > > > > > > "Imler, Steven J" <[email protected]> > Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System <[email protected]> > > 12/23/2008 08:36 AM > > Please respond to > The IBM z/VM Operating System <[email protected]> > To > [email protected] > cc > Subject > Re: SFS Restore? > > > > > You said your weekly backups are done with DDR, you didn't mention what > method you use for your daily backups. > > If you only have DDR backups, then there is no easy way to get one (or any) > individual file(s) restored … you have to restore the DDR for *all* > minidisks that make up the FilePool. > > > JR (Steven) Imler > CA > Senior Sustaining Engineer > Tel: +1 703 708 3479 > [email protected] > > > > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Phillip Parmelee > Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 08:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: SFS Restore? > > > I've never worked with SFS before. The SFS was designed and put into 24x7 > production use circa 1996. There are few trails to follow. Presently there > is a daily backup of the system plus weekly DDR's of the volumes. Due to > production I cannot shutdown for much more time than the backup takes. I > need to restore or somehow obtain a program (deleted by a programmer), and > only that file. The manuals I have found are not too clear regarding > recovery/restore of SFS. Can one file be easily obtained from a backup? > > > Phil > > > -- Kris Buelens, IBM Belgium, VM customer support
