Brian Would the INIT work if there was still a SYS1.VVDS or SYS1.VTOCIX still on the volume?
Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Brian Fraser > Sent: Monday, September 25, 2017 10:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: how to verify whether the volume is empty or not? > > Run ICKDSF with the INIT parameter.... then its verified empty :) > > Brian > > On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 1:36 PM, Edward Finnell < 0000000248cce9f3-dmarc- > [email protected]> wrote: > > > The problem is that if the from volume has a UCAT on it some updates > > may me missed in the time it takes to do the copy. Guess I'd start > > with an INIT'd volume then duplex to it. If successful break the > > duplex, make the secondary primary and reinit the old from volume. > > > > In a message dated 9/26/2017 12:06:22 AM Central Standard Time, > > [email protected] writes: > > > > > > Once you verify that a volume is empty, you need some method to insure > > new datasets are not placed on it. SMS supports DISABLE NEW. The best > > I can think of for a non-SMS volume is to vary it offline until you > > are ready to do something with it. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
