The ICF catalog is active on the system where the backup and restore are done.

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On 1/25/25 7:42 AM, rpinion865 <0000042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> 
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>  The VSAM dataset is cataloged in a ICF catalog.  They are not SYS1.anything. 
>  The dataset is a SMPE CSI dataset cataloged in a user ICF catalog.  I can 
> restore non-VSAM datasets with the same HLQ of the VSAM dataset.
>  
>  "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit."
>  
>  Bugs Bunny
>  
>  Sent from Proton Mail Android
>  
>  
>  -------- Original Message --------
>  On 1/25/25 1:07 AM, Brian Westerman 
> <000006ba4ed225c9-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
>  
>  >  RESTORE  -
>  >          INDDNAME(TAPE) OUTDDNAME(DASD1)  -
>  >          DATASET(INCLUDE(**)) LOGICALVOLUME(111111)  -
>  >          REPLACE
>  >
>  >  The following data sets cannot be processed by physical data set DUMP or 
> RESTORE operations:
>  >
>  >      VSAM data sets not cataloged in an integrated catalog facility 
> catalog.
>  >      Page, swap, and SYS1.STGINDEX data sets.
>  >
>  >
>  >  So, if you are doing a physcial dump (probably dump full) then the VSAM 
> dataset you are trying to restore likely doesn't exist in your current 
> catalog structure.  You could however restore the entire volume and do a 
> dataset copy from volume to volume and catalog it then during the copy 
> operation.
>  >
>  >  The reason it won't work if it doesn't already exist in your catalog 
> structure is that it can't get the data from the VVDS of the volume you are 
> restoring from and it can't see it in your BCS, so it doesn't have enough 
> information to create the valid dataset.  If you r estore the volume first, 
> it will be able to get the needed info from the VVDS of that volume when it 
> copies the dataset to the "new" volume.
>  >
>  >  If you don't want to have to operate in that manner, then you would need 
> to change your backup process to do logical backups instead of physical ones.
>  >
>  >  Or, if you have HSM, you could use HSM to do the volume backups and dumps 
> and then you can restore from those.
>  >
>  >  Brian
>  >
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