Hi Alan, I should have mentioned that I do the DUMP of the z/Linux packs on my z/OS system using ICKDSF with this parameter (CPVOL).
Thank You, Terry Martin Lockheed Martin - Citic z/OS and z/VM Performance Tuning and Operating Systems Support Office - 443 348-2102 Cell - 443 632-4191 -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 11:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: z/VM backup&restore procedure On Sunday, 02/28/2010 at 11:11 EST, "Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR)" <[email protected]> wrote: > If I DUMP a z/Linux volume using CPVOLUME as a parameter on the input > statement will this hurt anything? That is will be ok when restored? DUMP CPVOL causes DDR to examine the allocation map on the volume (it must have been formatted as CPVOLUME) and dump any PERM, PARM, or active directory space. It is designed to be restored onto a volume that has been previously formatted by CPVOLUME (so that all unused cyls are properly formatted) unless the entire volume was PERM. So if the volume contains only user data (all PERM), then I would just dump 0-end and avoid the two-step restore. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
