Re: Backup OFFLINE disks

2011-03-14 Thread Arye Shemer
Hello dear forumers, Thanks for the help and offering. After some reading, FDRINSTANT seems to answer our needs. IBM DFDSS requires backup to same device (disk), we need to backup to tape. Thanks again, Arye. On 14 March 2011 07:09, Brian Westerman brian_wester...@syzygyinc.comwrote: I also

Re: Backup OFFLINE disks

2011-03-14 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2011-03-13 19:14, Arye Shemer pisze: Hello forumers, Are there any known options (in z/OS environment) to backup offline ECKD disks ? Yes. Usually it's performed, because of duplicate volser (such disk cannot be varied online). However your backup software must support it. AFAIK

Re: Backup OFFLINE disks

2011-03-14 Thread Don Bolton
] Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 4:12 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Backup OFFLINE disks Hello dear forumers, Thanks for the help and offering. After some reading, FDRINSTANT seems to answer our needs. IBM DFDSS requires backup to same device (disk), we need to backup to tape. Thanks again

Backup OFFLINE disks

2011-03-13 Thread Arye Shemer
Hello forumers, Are there any known options (in z/OS environment) to backup offline ECKD disks ? Thanks, Arye Shemer. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with

Re: Backup OFFLINE disks

2011-03-13 Thread Joel C. Ewing
On 03/13/2011 01:14 PM, Arye Shemer wrote: Hello forumers, Are there any known options (in z/OS environment) to backup offline ECKD disks ? Thanks, Arye Shemer. Why? FDR Dump/Restore utilities used to support this in some manner, but I always found this concept dubious. The whole point

Re: Backup OFFLINE disks

2011-03-13 Thread Stephen Mednick
Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Joel C. Ewing Sent: Monday, 14 March 2011 5:33 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Backup OFFLINE disks On 03/13/2011 01:14 PM, Arye Shemer wrote: Hello forumers, Are there any known options (in z/OS environment) to backup offline ECKD

Re: Backup OFFLINE disks

2011-03-13 Thread Ron Hawkins
. Ron -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Joel C. Ewing Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 11:33 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Backup OFFLINE disks On 03/13/2011 01:14 PM, Arye Shemer wrote: Hello

Re: Backup OFFLINE disks

2011-03-13 Thread Mark Post
On 3/13/2011 at 02:14 PM, Arye Shemer aryeshe...@gmail.com wrote: Are there any known options (in z/OS environment) to backup offline ECKD disks ? Written some time ago, but it might still build and run: http://www.clueful.co.uk/mbeattie/s390/offlindr.jcl Mark Post

Re: Backup OFFLINE disks

2011-03-13 Thread Brian Westerman
I also have a offline backup and restore program that we are considering marketing in the near future for MUCH less than FDRInstant with FDR. It's currently in Beta, but there are no known issues in the past 40+ days. It's purpose is to be able to backup a flashcopy volume, or simply to be