John, My point was that you can't do it with the tape you already have. The original tape would have to have been created with the smaller block size, instead of the 256K block it was created at. You can't decrease the block size on a DSS dump dataset.
Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Dawes Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2017 11:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: COPYING DFDSS TAPE TO DASD USING COPYDUMP - ADR331E Rex, I tried your suggestion. I tried copying the tape to another tape using DCB=BLKSIZE=27998. However I got the same result :ADR331E (001)-CPYD (01), OUTPUT BLKSIZE 27998 FOR DATA SET ON DDNAME COPY1 IS SMALER THAN INPUT BLKSIZE 262144. From: "Pommier, Rex" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, 13 July 2017, 12:15 Subject: Re: COPYING DFDSS TAPE TO DASD USING COPYDUMP - ADR331E John, Based on error ADR331E, it appears that the only way you could do this would be if you had created the original tape backup using a block size of 32K - or 27998. That message explicitly states that you cannot copy a dump dataset to something with a smaller block size. Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Dawes Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2017 10:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: COPYING DFDSS TAPE TO DASD USING COPYDUMP - ADR331E I am trying to copy a volume backup (which was created by DFDSS) to disk, using DFDSS. However I am encountering problems doing so.I tried using DCB=BLKSIZE=32760 to no avail. I tried running the job without the DCB and it returned the same result (ADR324E). According to the doc(SC23-6868-01) this is feasible: "With the COPYDUMP command, you can make from 1 to 255 copies ofDFSMSdss-produced dump data. The data to be copied, a sequential data set, canbe on a tape or a DASD volume, and copies can be written to a tape or a DASDvolume." Here is my job : //STEP1 EXEC PGM=ADRDSSU,REGION=0M,TIME=1440,PARM='UTILMSG=YES' //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //BACKUP DD DISP=OLD, // DSN=HDFQ.DFDSS.TSB063.COPY1.WEEK(0) //COPY1 DD DISP=(,CATLG,DELETE), // DSN=SYS1.DFDSS.COPYTAPE, // UNIT=3390,VOL=SER=SPARE1,, // SPACE=(CYL,(3200,20),RLSE),DCB=BLKSIZE=32760 //SYSIN DD * COPYDUMP - INDD(BACKUP) - OUTDD(COPY1) /* here is the output messages: COPYDUMP- INDD(BACKUP) - OUTDD(COPY1) ADR101I(R/I)-RI01 (01), TASKID 001 HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO COMMAND 'COPYDUMP ' ADR109I(R/I)-RI01 (01), 2017.194 10:55:25 INITIAL SCAN OF USER CONTROL STATEMEN ADR016I(001)-PRIME(01), RACF LOGGING OPTION IN EFFECT FOR THIS TASK ADR006I(001)-STEND(01), 2017.194 10:55:25 EXECUTION BEGINS ADR331E(001)-CPYD (01), OUTPUT BLKSIZE 32760 FOR DATA SET ON DDNAME COPY1 IS SMALLERTHAN INPUT BLKSIZE 262144 ADR324E(001)-CPYD (01), THE VOLUME/DATA SET SPECIFIED BY DDNAME COPY1 HAS BECOME UNUSABLE ADR006I(001)-STEND(02), 2017.194 10:55:59 EXECUTION ENDS ADR013I(001)-CLTSK(01), 2017.194 10:55:59 TASK COMPLETED WITH RETURN CODE 0016 ADR012I(SCH)-DSSU (01), 2017.194 10:55:59 DFSMSDSS PROCESSING COMPLETE. HIGHEST TASK 001 Can someone advise me how to fix the problem? Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
