Hi Anne, Our DR restores are done under a VM system that is available at the DR site. We include a spool offload tape (actually 2 of them, one for spare) with the NSS backups on it and a few PUN files on the same tape. One of those PUN files is the DSF commands necessary to format page and spool, and all CP areas we need. So our first step is to run these DSF commands through the DR system's ICKDSF to format the things we need formatted (like our volids on the DR systems disks), and page volumes are on the list. We do not have the same amount of page volumes as you do, so one file of DSF commands is all we need. One could have multiple DSF command files and start multiple inits on multiple userids, but we have not needed it. I don't back up anything I can just recreate, since the fewer tapes I take to DR the better.
Ron On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 6:03 AM, Crabtree, Anne D <anne.d.crabt...@wv.gov> wrote: > I currently back up all my z/vm packs (res,page,spool) via an adrdssu job > on z/os each Sunday. At the DR site, I run an adrdssu restore job for these > packs. > > This method works fine, however, I’m wondering if backing up the page packs > is necessary? I was thinking that maybe I could backup only 1 page pack so > that I can get z/vm up and then just init the remaining packs after coming > up. Since the page packs are listed as cpvols in system config, would z/vm > even come up if it couldn’t find all of them? Seems like a waste of time to > back them up… > > > > At DR site, we bring up a z/os “rescue” system in order to run restore jobs > for both z/os and z/vm volumes. Afterwards, our z/vm and z/os systems run > as second level guests. Maybe I need a “rescue” z/vm system as well? > > > > Just wondering what everyone else does. > > > > > > > > Anne D. Crabtree > > System Programmer > > WV Office of Technology Data Center > > 1900 Kanawha Blvd East > > Charleston, WV 25305 > > (304)558-5914 ext 58292 > > (304)558-1441 fax > >
