Do you have VSSI's VTAPE? If so, you can SPXTAPE DUMP to a VTAPE. DCSSDUMP and DCSSRSAV that dump and restore using disk cannot handle the NSSes that are IPLable. They could be used for the other SDFs and ordinary spool files.
Regards, Richard Schuh ________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR) Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 12:04 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Copying spool without SPXTAPE Hi I am working on migrating my z/VM 5.3 systems to z/VM 5.4. At the same time we are preparing to upgrade to a z10. To get a head start on the conversion to 5.4 and to the z10 I am building the new 5.4 systems on the z10 we have connectivity to the DS8100 where our z/VM z/Linux environment is. We did build on 5.4 system on the z9. The one thing we do not have connectivity to at this time is Tape Drives. So we cannot use SPXTAPE to dump the z/VM 5.4 spool, we only care about the NSS and other system stuff, to a tape. To this end can you layout the steps I would take to copy the spool DASD to DASD without the use of SPXTAPE. I am trying to get at least one tape drive but if I can't I would like to try another way. If all else fails I can do the SPXTAPE dump of a 5.4 spool on the z9 and on the day of the migration to the z10 load then. Thanks for the help! 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 [cid:image002.jpg@01CAFDAD.166110B0]
