James, What do you have against DFDSS on the z/OS side? You can dump the entire volume. If you need to restore a mini-disk, then do a restore using the TRACKS parameter. Of course, this means you need to know the starting and ending cylinder of each mini-disk. But that is in the VM directory.
-- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of James Melin > Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 11:50 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Backups - CDL Via Z/os or options under VM itself. > > > I am currently doing volume backups of CDL layout volumes via z/OS and > DFDSS. Some volumes are actually 4 minidisks within VM, and I > don't have > mini-disk level backup granularity with the CDL method. Is there an > equivalent to DFDSS within VM or does this have to be > purchased ala-carte? > I would very much like to just do the equivalent of VM > mini-disk backups > using a DFDSS style backup from within VM but we're neophytes > in the VM > realm, so I don't really know what is possible and what is not. > > If anyone has suggestions I'd be happy to hear them. > > Thanks > > -J > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO > LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
