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1 FYI INNOVATION FDRINSTANT AWARDED 2008 EMC PARTNER SOLUTION OFFERING OF THE YEAR May 2009 Volume 6.0 FOCUS ON: IAM FDRERASE FATSCOPY UPSTREAM LINUX FDRViEWS FDREPORT FDRINSTANT Instant Backup - Near non-disruptive backup for 24/7 operations READY FDRPAS DASD Migration - Non-disruptive, volume-level DASD migration FDRINSTANT for z/os FDRMOVE DASD Migration/Consolidation - Minimally-disruptive, dataset-level DASD migration FDRERASE for z/os & FDRERASE/OPEN Secure Data Erasure - Erase data from your DASD before it leaves your data center FDRViEWS Reporting - GUI-based reporting tool for graphical reporting ABR Volume Incremental Backup - Reduce your daily backup elapsed times FASTCPK Volume Reorganization - Consolidate free space and merge multi-extent data sets FDRREORG Dataset Reorganization - Reorganization tool for VSAM, IAM and PDS datasets FDREPORT z/os Reporting - Flexible wide-range Storage Management Reporting FDRDRP Disaster Recovery - High performance enhancement for Disaster Recovery FDRAPPL Application Backup - Backup all the data sets belonging to a single application FDRCRYPT Data Encryption - Encrypt your FDR/ABR and IDCAMS backups IAM VSAM Performance - Improve the performance of your VSAM applications FATSCOPY Tape Media Utilities - Copy, consolidate & stack, migrate and erase data on tape FDR/UPSTREAM & UPSTREAM RESERVOIR Backup Open Systems to Mainframe or an Open System Server

2 IAMUPDATES IAM Version 9.0: IAM SYSPLEX RECORD LEVEL SHARING (IAM/PLEX) Available in 2009, IAM Version 9.0 will offer SYSPLEX Record Level Sharing support. Beta testing will start in the Third quarter, This support will enable z/os users of VSAM-based batch and online applications running in a SYSPLEX environment to share data at the record level among applications running on multiple LPARs and/or systems. This is an evolutionary enhancement of the single system record level sharing currently available with IAM. The IAM Record Level Sharing support requires no changes to online CICS application programs, and depending on certain criteria, either no or minimal changes to batch applications. IAM SYSPLEX Record Level Sharing will utilize the z/os XCF and logging SYSPLEX services to provide the following capabilities for VSAM applications: Concurrently share data at the record level for update by batch and online applications from multiple LPARs and systems in a SYSPLEX. This capability provides improved availability of data on online systems by eliminating the need to close files while batch updates are being performed. Automatic record locking without application program changes. Journaling capabilities that can be used for recovery and auditing purposes. Capabilities to back out updates for failed applications, including an automatic dynamic back out of updates by a batch job step in the event an abend occurs. Capabilities to recover datasets that may have experienced a media failure. Explicit or automated batch sync-point process for long-running batch jobs. As with single system record level sharing, all of the logical and physical I/O processing for files handled by IAM Record Level Sharing will be performed by an IAM RLS address space. IAM RLS for SYSPLEX operates with a concept that any particular dataset will be owned by one of the instances of an IAMRLS address space within the SYSPLEX and each instance will be responsible for all the I/O and locking services for the datasets that it owns. I/O requests for datasets handled by remote IAMRLS address spaces will be sent to the owning IAMRLS address space utilizing the SYSPLEX XCF services. If you want to participate in the beta testing and early support program please contact us at support@fdrinnovation.com. NOTE: IAM/PLEX (IAM SYSPLEX Record Level Sharing) is a cost option to IAM. Why IAM: IAM will reduce your batch elapsed time & improve your online response time by 20% to 80% IAM still offers outstanding performance and reliability for VSAM-based applications. Despite all the hardware and software changes that have occurred in the last 35 years, IAM continues to outperform VSAM. Even compared to enhancements like VSAM SMB, VSAM LSR, hardware compression and extended format files, the IAM structure provides better performance and takes less CPU time and EXCPs than VSAM. User Experience Our credit card application continues to grow. Our batch nightly cycle was taking almost 4 hours. We converted the VSAM files to IAM and the batch cycle now takes less than 1 1/ 2 hours. IAM has also improved our online CICS Performance. 2

3 FATSCOPY UPDATES Major improvements in FATSCOPY Version 4.9 L10 and 4.9 L11 Many of our customers are replacing their current tape medium with high capacity tapes and virtual tape systems. FATSCOPY has been significantly enhanced with Version 4.9 L10 and now 4.9 L11 based on feedback from our customers and from VAR s that use FATSCOPY as part of a migration service. Some of the new features are: ISPF panels to create the JCL and control cards and submit jobs. Checkpoint data sets to allow easy restart on jobs. Tape pull reports to show what tapes will be needed for the copy job. Exclusion by creation program or last used program. An audit report containing information on each data set copied. Sample FATSCOPY Panels SELECT by tape volume range or tape Volume Serial Audit Report of all Tape Activity SELECT by Volume Range Starting with BK0012 FATSCOPY DATA SET COPY/SIMULATION REPORT 9/30/2008 PAGE 1 DATA SET NAME VOLSER FSEQ VSEQ EXDATE GROUP FUNC O/P EXP O/P VOL I/P TMINFO OSEQ RC JMK.DAYZ.DATASET CCR COPY CCR028 KEEP COPY JMK.DAYZ.DATASETZ CCR COPY CCR028 KEEP COPY Dataset Copy Report FATSCOPY TAPE SUMMARY FOR TAPE VOLUME CCR071 9/30/2008 PHYS DATASET NAME FILE FIL# CRDATE LRECL CREATING RECFM BLOCKS BYTES PERM ----BLOCKSIZES---- EST. FILE (LAST 17 CHARS) SERIAL VOL# EXPDATE BLKSZE JOB&STEP READ READ TEMP MIN AVG MAX FEET (FULL 44 CHARS) JMK.DAYZ.DATASET CCR / JMKIEBDG F **** / CR8VIR2L 0 JMK.DAYZ.DATASET HIGHEST EXPIRATION ====> 1999/365 TOTALS ====> **** Tape Summary Report 3

4 HINTS & RECOMMENDATIONS FDRERASE FDRERASE CCEVS EAL2+ Certified Data Erasure for z/os and Open Systems FDRERASE for z/os and FDRERASE/OPEN meet the government requirements for cleaning and overwriting disks and with the SECUREERASE function meet the requirements for purging and sanitizing disks. Both are NIST certified to EAL2+. New Feature 5.4 L70 and 2.5.0B with SECUREERASE supports up to 32 passes. This exceeds the US Government DoD standards for sanitizing a disk of 3 cycles of patterns performed 6 times for a total of 18 passes. FDRERASE helpful hints: At the DR site we have a limited amount of time to erase all of the disks. What is the most efficient way to run FDRERASE for z/os? You will get the best performance from FDRERASE for z/os if you set up one FDRERASE job for each DASD controller, with one MOUNT command in each job, specifying all of the disks to be erased within that controller. FDRERASE will manage the erase tasks dynamically, and will concurrently erase up to 64 disks at a time. This approach will provide the fastest elapsed time while avoiding overloading any one subsystem or the physical disks within the subsystem. FDRERASE for z/os using the ERASE option, will take about one hour to erase 1.2 to 1.5 TB per DASD frame. Sample FDRERASE Control Cards //FDRERASE EXEC PGM=FDRERASE,REGION=OM //SYSIN DD * ERASE TYPE=FULL MOUNT ERASEUNIT=(07C*,07D*,07E*,07F*) User Experience: During a recent DR exercise, we found another customer s data in readable format on some of the disks that were assigned to us. We licensed and use FDRERASE for z/os now to eliminate the risk of other DR clients having access to our data after we leave the DR site. What are considerations for using FDRERASE/OPEN when you go to a DR Site? For the best performance: Ensure that you have an X86 PC with at least 1GB of memory. In a SAN environment, you must ensure that the SAN switches have the proper Zone definitions for the system that will run FDRERASE/OPEN. Allow access to the WWN of the Fibre Channel HBA you are using. If you have multiple PCs that can access the SAN, you should request multiple CD s from Innovation in order to maximize the number of disk subsystems that can be erased at the same time. User Experience: We refresh all of our PCs every 4 years and before we discard the PC we use FDRERASE/OPEN to do a secure erase on all the disks on the PC. 4

5 HINTS & RECOMMENDATIONS FDR FDRQUERY Enhancements FDRQUERY has been enhanced in V5.4/L62 and above with the VSAMSCAN function to quickly scan your online DASD volumes for VSAM datasets and produce a report that includes the number of tracks used for each component along with an estimate of the size of the component in bytes. The same information can be obtained with FDREPORT, but FDREPORT is part of the optional ABR component, while FDRQUERY is part of the base FDR product. The VSAMSCAN function supplements the existing FDRQUERY functions, such as the backup and archive simulation functions, which provide reports to show how ABR incremental backups and archive will function. These functions are documented in section through of the manual. Additional capabilities are available from FDRQUERY, including the ability to print selective SMF records, inquire on dataset utilization, and report on JOB and TSO session statistics. These additional functions are not documented in the manual, but are documented in the ICL member FDRQUERY and are also available with the HELP ALL command from within the FDRQUERY program. Sample VSAMSCAN Report: FDR400 FDR SMF/VTOC DATA EXTRACT/QUERY-FDRQUERY VER 5.4/68 -INNOVATION DATA PROCESSING DATE PAGE VOL D/S OP DATA SET NAME VOLSER SEQ CRDATE LRDATE ORG RECFM CD BKSIZ NEX ALLOC BYTES SYSPXCF.CICSIDP2.DFHJ01.A DATA SYTS EF U M IAMCICSV.CICSB22F.DFHBRNSF.DATA SYTS EF U M IAMCICSV.CICSB22F.DFHBRNSF.INDEX SYTS EF U M IAMCICSV.CNTL.CICSB32I.DFHINTRA.DATA SYTS EF U M IAMCICSV.CICSB23F.DFHEJOS.DATA SYTS EF U M IAMCICSV.CICSB23F.DFHEJOS.INDEX SYTS EF U M IAMCICSV.VSAM.RLS.KSDS1.DATA SYTS EF U M IAMCICSV.CICSB32I.DFHEJDIR.DATA SYTS EF U M IAMCICSV.CICSB32I.DFHEJDIR.INDEX SYTS EF U M IAMCICSV.CICSFORT.DFHLRQ.DATA SYTS EF U M IAMCICSV.VSAM.RLS.KSDS1.INDEX SYTS EF U M IAMCICSV.CICSFORT.DFHLRQ.INDEX SYTS EF U M IAMCICSV.CICSFORT.DFHADEM.DATA SYTS EF U M IAMCICSV.CICSFORT.DFHADEM.INDEX SYTS EF U M TOTALS -- VOLUME=SYTS COMPONENTS OCCUPYING 8941 TRACKS M BYTES.... TOTALS -- FINAL COMPONENTS OCCUPYING TRACKS M BYTES Since the ability to use STEPCAT/JOBCAT has gone away with z/os 1.7, is there another way to specify the catalog you want a dataset to be cataloged in? We recommend the method suggested by the manual z/os DFSMS: Managing Catalogs, in topic Allocating New System Data Sets under SMS (the topic does not only apply to SMS). In the running system, define an alias such as SYSB for the master catalog of the new system. Do the RESTORE or COPY using NEWINDEX=SYSB The alias will cause the output datasets to be cataloged in the master catalog of the new system. Use ALTER with the CATALOG parameter to rename the output datasets in the new catalog. You can do this for individual datasets after each COPY or RESTORE, or you can do a generic ALTER to rename all of the datasets at once that you have created in this way: ALTER SYSB.* NEWNAME(SYS1.*) CATALOG(MASTCAT.B) NOTE that this technique does not use the SYS% conversion facility, but it is compatible with the SYS% conversion facility. Before you do the ALTER, you can refer to the output datasets from the old system using the high-level index SYSB (because that is really their name), regardless of the SYS% conversion facility. After you do the ALTER, if you activate the SYS% conversion facility (MODIFY CATALOG,SYS%ON), you can continue to refer to the output datasets from the old system using the high-level index SYSB. 5

6 FDRPAS WITH FDRMOVE FDRMOVE For High-Speed Dataset Move and Volume Consolidation Since its introduction in 2001, FDRPAS has been used in over 1000 DASD migrations. More recently, our customers have used FDRMOVE to automate the consolidation of and to and The objective is to get the new disk in as quickly as possible to get the benefits of the new technology and to return the currently installed disk to save from paying additional leasing costs. We recommend using FASTCPK and FDREPORT to check the current status of the VTOC, VVDS, CATALOGs, etc., before you start the migration. Innovation supplies a series of jobs that will usually run in less than an hour to see what, if anything, needs to be resolved before the migration. Some of the reports are listed below: FDRPAS and FDRMOVE Migration Reports 1 Run FDREPORT to list all volumes with VTOCs over xx% full to insure that as you consolidate volumes, there will be enough room in the VTOCs for the additional data sets. NOTE: FDRMOVE supports expanding the VTOC on active volumes. 2 Run FDREPORT to identify any volumes without an indexed VTOC or on which the indexed VTOC is disabled. Not having an active indexed VTOC can cause performance problems. 3 Run FDREPORT to identify all volumes that have ICF catalogs. These volumes should be moved with FDRPAS. 4 Run FDREPORT to identify all datasets that are not cataloged or not cataloged to the correct volume. This is very important before FDRMOVE is run to consolidate volumes. 5 Run FDREPORT to identify if there are any VVDS errors. The error conditions reported are missing VVR/NVR, multiple VVRs/NVRs, extent mismatch, and orphaned VVR/NVR. 6 Run FDREPORT and/or FDRMOVE SIMULATE to identify multi-volume datasets and the number of volumes they reside on. 7 Use FDREPORT to identify the SYSRES and IODF volume(s). When you move these volumes, you will need to update the addresses on the HMC before the next IPL. 8 Volumes that contain the Active Page, Swap and LINKLIST datasets. See Special Considerations in the manual. 9 Use FDREPORT to list datasets that are marked as unmovable or have a DSORG of undefined. 10 To insure that all the source volumes have no remaining datasets to migrate, use the SIMMOVE TYPE=DSF,VTOCEMPTY=CHECK option. The jobstream for these migration jobs can be downloaded from the JCL library with member names in the form MOVREPxx. Also review sections , and section for complete details on FDRPAS and FDRMOVE Special Considerations. 6

7 HINTS & RECOMMENDATIONS Product Demos and Access to all User Manuals and PTFs from our Website The product demos can provide you with quick (less than 10 minutes) overviews of FDRPAS, FDRMOVE and FDRERASE. We strongly recommend that you go through the demos before you read the user documentation. FTP Login to Access all User Manuals and PTFs 7

8 UPSTREAM Linux on System z FDR/UPSTREAM Linux on System z If your organization is like many others, you are finding that the values and benefits of running Linux on System z are plentiful. Our customers report that server consolidation and moving those open systems applications onto Linux on System z results in: Lower cost of operations Less servers Fewer software licenses Fewer resources to manage The mainframe legendary dependability Less energy, cooling and space And given that the Linux data is now on the System z mainframe who better than INNOVATION, the makers of FDR, to provide the backup tool! FDR/UPSTREAM provides reliable, file level data protection by backing up Linux on System z data directly to z/os mainframe tape or DASD. UPSTREAM backups can be automatically initiated from the z/os mainframe and provide high speed operations including support for HiperSockets, with data de-duplication features and online database agents. UPSTREAM operations can be completely automated with JCL condition code checking, automated notification, and exception reporting, combining the data protection of Linux on System z data into existing disaster plans. 8

9 UPSTREAM Linux on System z Performance Performance when trying to manage terabytes of data can be challenging. UPSTREAM offers several unique data reduction techniques to minimize the amount of data to be sent to tape and provides a powerful solution for Linux. FDR/UPSTREAM provides comprehensive support for Linux on System z and offers an extensive choice of file system support, and backup types that include logical and physical volume. UPSTREAM performance tools include the synthetic full merge backup, online database agents for Oracle, DB2 & Notes Domino, Duplicate file support, and the new Segmented backup support. FDR/UPSTREAM also supports HiperSockets the fastest connection between LPARs in the same host system. New Feature Data De-duplication Segmented File Support, is a form of block level de-duplication, allows you to take advantage of the phenomenon that most changes to large files and databases are typically made to a very limited percentage of the data. The fact that so much data does not change, means that much of the data in a large file does not have to be transmitted to be available for restore. Employing the same virtualization technique as full merge backup, i.e. copying data forward from prior backups and recovering data from incrementals, you can significantly reduce transmission time and backup storage requirements. Simplified Administration For Linux on System z users running under zvm, we have developed procedures for sharing a single copy of the UPSTREAM executables (binaries) on a read-only disk, between many virtual machines. This will assist with: Minimizing Installation Tasks Simplifying Upgrading to New Releases Reducing DASD Storage Requirements The single read-only (R/O) binaries minidisk is linked R/O by all Linux virtual machines and a Read-Write (R/W) output disk, that is unique to each Linux virtual machine, contains the customized configuration files, as well as the logging and work files. These two minidisks are connected into the Linux file system at different mountpoints. When it is time to upgrade, just the binaries minidisk is mounted R/W to one of the Linux virtual machines, the new binaries are loaded, all the effected virtual machines are restarted and the upgrade is complete for all virtual machines! FDR/UPSTREAM and its Linux Rescuer to the Rescue The UPSTREAM Rescuer offers a complete backup and restore solution with disaster recovery for Linux on IBM System z. It is a stand-alone system recovery facility which allows administrators to completely restore a Linux on IBM System z system from data that is saved in FDR/UPSTREAM, without requiring separate system backups. The Rescuer provides this essential system recovery supplement because it is completely integrated into FDR/UPSTREAM. FDR/UPSTREAM includes all file types in the system in its file-level backups. It also incorporates in the backup (with no special set up, consideration or knowledge of file systems) file system mount points and some general information about each of these file systems. It's easy and simple-to-use since all of this information is incorporated transparently in the backup and does not affect backup performance. 9

10 CONCEPTS & FACILITIES GUIDES The concept and facilities guides provide a good level of technical information, but without including the detail that is in the full manual. To request your Concept & Facilities Guide visit: z/os Product Range VSAM Performance IAM: The Innovation Access Method (IAM) is a transparent alternative to VSAM KSDS, IAM ESDS and (as a cost option) AIX and RRDS files. IAM White Paper How IAM Significantly Reduces VSAM Processing Time. IAM typically uses 40-80% less I/Os, 20-70% less CPU and 30-70% less DASD. Savings in batch elapsed times and online response times can range from 20-80%. 2. Backup & Restore FDRABR VOLUME BACKUPS FDRINSTANT FDRAPPL APPLICATION BACKUP FDRCRYPT FDRABR Volume & Incremental Backups: The FDRABR Volume and Incremental Backup system offers high-performance, managed backups of your z/os DASD volumes, together with optimized processes for dataset and volume restore. For disaster recovery situations, where multiple volumes need to be restored as quickly as possible, the optional FDRDRP extension can reduce volume recovery times by up to 80%. FDRINSTANT: FDRINSTANT enables FDRABR to take near 24x7 backups of duplicated offline volumes, created by DASD Subsystem features such as SUN SnapShot Copy, EMC TimeFinder (Mirror, Clone and Snap), HDS ShadowImage and IBM FlashCopy. On systems where the appropriate support is provided, FDRINSTANT can also take a consistent backup against a group of duplicated offline volumes that have been created at the same, consistent point-in-time. FDRAPPL Application Backup: FDRAPPL can be used to create a managed backup of all the data sets belonging to an application, from whichever disk volumes they reside. An automated control file mechanism ensures that restores of either individual datasets, or the entire application, can be done quickly and easily. FDRCRYPT: FDRCRYPT provides encryption services for all FDR and ABR backups, and can also be used to encrypt the sequential output datasets created by an IDCAMS REPRO. A choice of encryption algorithms is available to allow a balance to be struck between the strength of the encryption and the additional resources required to encrypt (and decrypt) the data. 10

11 CONCEPTS & FACILITIES GUIDES 4. Storage Management Utilities FDRViEWS: FDRViEWS...Turning Raw Data into Smart Business Decisions. FDRViEWS FDRViEWS provides a simplified user interface to query and analyze your z/os data storage. With FDRViEWS, you can take scheduled and/or ad hoc collections of the status of your z/os storage at both the volume and data set level. FDRViEWS can collect information from thousands of volumes in just a few minutes. FDRViEWS includes FDREPORT. FDRViEWS produces output as spreadsheets, charts and trends. FDREPORT: FDREPORT is an extremely powerful and flexible DASD Management report FDREPORT generator, which can draw information from a variety of sources, including VTOCs, Catalogs, FDRABR control files, and DFHSM s MCDS and BCDS control datasets. FDREPORT also includes a set of pre-defined Health Check reports. FDRPAS & FDRERASE FDRMOVE (Including FDRPAS) 5. Tape Utilities FATS/FATAR & FATSCOPY FDRPAS & FDRERASE: FDRPAS allows for the non-disruptive movement of z/os disk volumes from one disk device to another. It can move/migrate 100 s of volumes in a few hours. FDRERASE V5.4 L50 is an EAL2+ certified product that can quickly erase many disk volumes in parallel allowing you to erase all the residual data from a disk after DR Test. FDRMOVE (Including FDRPAS): FDRMOVE, which includes FDRPAS, provides a highperformance, non-disruptive or minimally-disruptive movement of z/os data sets. It is ideal for volume consolidation (e.g. consolidating data from three s to a single ). FDRMOVE is also useful for load balancing to reduce I/O contention. FDRMOVE can move data sets between disk volumes in the same disk subsystem, or between disk volumes in different subsystems and between different hardware manufacturers. FATS/FATAR & FATSCOPY: FATS/FATAR is a suite of utilities for z/os tape, including secure data erasure, certification, verification and labeling. FATSCOPY adds additional functionality to the suite, including tape media conversions and tape stacking. FATSCOPY also supports migrating from tape to VTS or VTS to VTS. Open Systems Product Range FDR/UPSTREAM: FDR/UPSTREAM builds on the strengths of the FDR DASD FDR/ UPSTREAM FDRSOS & UPSTREAM/SOS Management Family and provides a fast, safe and reliable solution to backup Open Systems data to disk or tape under a z/os host. A wide range of clients is supported, including Windows, UNIX, Linux, NetWare and VMware. FDRSOS and FDR/UPSTREAM/SOS: If the open systems data to be backed up is resident on an EMC Symmetrix/DMX with Enterprise Storage Platform (ESP), FDRSOS and FDR/UPSTREAM/SOS can utilize high-speed mainframe channels to offer an exceptional performance backup and restore of that data. UPSTREAM RESERVOIR UPSTREAM Reservoir: UPSTREAM Reservoir is designed for sites that prefer to host UPSTREAM on an open systems server (e.g. Windows, UNIX or Linux), either as an alternative to, or as well as FDR/UPSTREAM under z/os. UPSTREAM Reservoir shares the same basic functionality as FDR/UPSTREAM, but also includes additional features, such as SAN Express, which offers a high-speed, LAN-Free backup. 11

12 HINTS & RECOMMENDATIONS FATSCOPY Does FATSCOPY 'Copy' or Move VTS tapes to physical tapes? FATSCOPY does a Copy. The original data on tape is not changed. The copied tape files will be recataloged or not depending on the options you have selected. If no catalog options are selected, FATSCOPY will recatalog the data sets by default when CATDSN is specified. If no catalog options are selected and ALLDSN is specified, FATSCOPY will recatalog the data sets only if the VOLSER and file sequence number in the catalog match the corresponding information for the data set just copied. If RENAME is used, see related question below. By default, FATSCOPY will not expire or scratch the input volume. If TMSINPUT=SCRATCH is specified, FATSCOPY will add 4 to the current date to set the input to expire in 4 days. The ADDXDAYS keyword can be used to change the number of days added to the current date. When FATSCOPY copies a tape, can it retain the original creating job name and original creation date? Yes. For CA-1, FATSCOPY propagates the following fields from the input to the output: creation date and time; creating job name, step name, and program name; last used date and time; last used job and last used program; and expiration date, unless RETPD or EXPDT is specified on the TAPEOUT DD. For RMM, FATSCOPY propagates the following fields: creation date and time; creating job name, step name, program name, and DD name; last read date and time; last write date and time; and expiration date, unless RETPD or EXPDT is specified on the TAPEOUT DD. We have 20 DB2 image copies written to VTS every night. Can FATSCOPY COPY and stack those VTS tape datasets to 3592s with new names and catalog those while keeping the original VTS tape datasets in place? Yes. FATSCOPY supports creating a new output file and changing its name. For example: You can add an index level called.dr as the second level and then at your disaster recovery site you can recopy the tape again and drop the.dr second level qualifier. To copy datasets that start with JMK1.LABELED. and add a second index level of.dr: COPY CAT=YES,MULTIFILE=YES SELECT CATDSN=JMK1.LABELED.* * RENAME LF=ALL,NEWI=.+DR NEWI=.+DR adds this level to the Data Set Name Copy to original name dropping the second level COPY CAT=RECAT,MULTIFILE=YES SELECT CATDSN=JMK1.DR.LABELED.* * RENAME LF=ALL,NEWI=. NEWI=. will now drop the 2nd level If I copy tape files with FATSCOPY, and I use a RENAME command to give different dsnames to the output files, will the output files be cataloged? With CAT=RECAT, which is the default on SELECT CATDSN, the output tape files will always be cataloged; if they were already cataloged, the catalog will be updated. With CAT=ONLY, which is the default on SELECT ALLDSN, the output tape files will not be cataloged with RENAME. With RENAME, if cataloging of the output files is desired, CAT=YES or CAT=RECAT should be used. CAT=RECAT should be used with caution, because if a production data set with the dsname that you are creating exists on a different tape, it will become uncataloged. 12

13 HINTS & RECOMMENDATIONS FDR FDREPORT produces FDRABRP-style reports The FDRABRP program has been functionally stabilized, although it is still available. The currently recommended program for batch reporting on DASD-related resources is FDREPORT. FDREPORT is a generalized report writer for DASD data sets and volumes, obtaining input from VTOCs, VVDSs, MVS catalogs, the ABR ARCHIVE control file, the ABR SCRATCH catalog, the DFSMShsm MCDS and BCDS, and other sources. FDREPORT provides great flexibility for the user to define the contents and format of the report. However, FDREPORT can also be used to produce reports in the predefined formats of FDRABRP, by specifying the RPTYPE parameter. RPTYPE=ABRVTOC produces a report equivalent to FDRABRP PRINT VTOC, and RPTYPE= ARCHIVE produces a report equivalent to FDRABRP PRINT ARCHIVE. For example, the FDREPORT JCL and control statements below will produce a report equivalent to FDRABRP with PRINT VTOC,VOL=IDPLB2. //FDREPORT EXEC PGM=FDREPORT,REGION=0M //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //ABRMAP DD SYSOUT=* //SYSIN DD * XSELECT VOL=IDPLB2 PRINT DATATYPE=VTOC,RPTYPE=ABRVTOC,SORT=YES /* Examples showing how to use FDREPORT to produce reports in the format of FDRABRP can be found in the FDR JCL library for Version 5.4L70 and higher, with member names in the form EX53*. The example above is in member EX5307B. Backup Performance Recommendation: For the best performance on backups, make sure that your DUMP statement specifies RTC=YES. This way FDR will read a full cylinder at a time instead of half a cylinder, and will use a more efficient CCW chain. You should also make sure that you are not specifying COMPRESS=ALL unless your Backup or Archive is going to disk. If you are running FDRCRYPT, then the RTC=YES and COMPRESS=ALL options are not applicable. How to COPY a dataset and give it a new name. FDRDSF and FDRCOPY provide you with great flexibility in creating a different name for a dataset. Example: A user is migrating to a new environment, with new naming standards. There are thousands of VSAM files that need to be renamed when restoring them. The user needs to change one HLQ to three new qualifiers and keep the rest of the old name. Objective: Change dsnames starting with PBDPRODV. to start with OMND.POMS.SYC. and retain the rest of the name. RESTORE TYPE=DSF SELECT DSN=PBDPRODV.**,NEWI=OMND.+POMS.+SYC Another useful feature is being able to add a new qualifier to the end of a group of dataset names that have different numbers of levels. Example: COPY TYPE=DSF SELECT CATDSN=PAYROLL.**,NEWI=++YR2010 This will COPY any dataset that has a high level index of PAYROLL, and the new datasets will have a last qualifier of.yr2010. See the description of the NEWINDEX keyword for complete details on how to change, delete, and add index levels while creating a new dsname. 13

14 FDRVIEWS UPDATES Smart Business Decisions Start with a Simple, Easy-to-Use Reporting Tool FDRViEWS Create Reports and Charts in Seconds. FDRViEWS provides you with a simplified user interface to QUERY and ANALYZE your z/os storage providing you reports in a few seconds on SMS and non-sms storage groups and the ability to report and do trending on data set growth and utilization. FDRViEWS will allow you to eliminate other 3rd party reporting tools and inhouse reporting that are expensive to maintain and that have become inadequate. Comprehensive results by STORAGE FRAME and SSID Can also select SMS group(s) to see the Volumes in the group(s). Select the SSID(s) on the left to see the Volumes in the subsystem(s). Spreadsheet & 3D Pie Chart of Space Occupied 14

15 FDRVIEWS NEW FEATURE FDRViEWS Report Distribution FDRViEWS extends its reporting capabilities with internet browser viewing of z/os reports. This new Report Distribution feature is a true internet application no client software installation is necessary. Using the Viewer client, reports are defined and assigned to individual users or groups. The Collector which captures the data of the mainframe storage system produces these defined reports after a Collection runs. The user signs onto the system with their browser and views these reports by date of Collection. Reports by Date of Collection Report Viewed as Chart Report Table Data Calendar Feature Users are given an id and password and just use their browser to sign on and view pre-built reports. BUSINESS REPLY MAIL FIRST CLASS MAIL PERMIT NO. 18 LITTLE FALLS NJ NO POSTAGE NECESSARY IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES POSTAGE WILL BE PAID BY ADDRESSEE INNOVATION PLAZA 275 PATERSON AVENUE LITTLE FALLS NJ

16 PRODUCT UPDATES This table shows, for each current As of May 2009 release of z/os, the minimum levels of z/os z/os 1.9 z/os 1.10 each Innovation product that should be PRODUCT Minimum Minimum Minimum Latest Version installed. Use the table when upgrading your z/os system, to verify that you have the correct Innovation software in use. If not, you should install the latest version. If you already are using the indicated minimum level, you may wish to install the latest version anyway in conjunction with the Operating System upgrade. If not, please review the Product Notes that follow the table on our website at for ZAPs that may be required depending on the hardware and software in use at your installation. If there is an * next to version level go to website for additional considerations. NOTE: While prior versions might still work, the versions listed are the minimum supported versions. VISIT US AT: EMC World: May 18 - May 20, Orlando FL SHARE Technology Exchange: Aug Aug. 26, Denver, CO Booth #300 FDR V5.4/56 V5.4/61 V5.4/68* V5.4/70 COMPAKTOR V5.4/56* V5.4/61* V5.4/68* V5.4/70 ABR V5.4/56* V5.4/61 V5.4/68* V5.4/70 FDRCRYPT V5.4/56 V5.4/61 V5.4/68* V5.4/70 FDREPORT V5.4/56 V5.4/61 V5.4/68* V5.4/70 FDRViEWS V5.4/66 V5.4/66 V5.4/68* V5.4/70 FDRINSTANT V5.4/56 V5.4/61 V5.4/68* V5.4/70 FDRCLONE/ FDRDRP V5.4/56 V5.4/61 V5.4/68* V5.4/70 FDRREORG V5.4/56 V5.4/61 V5.4/68* V5.4/70 FDRPAS V5.4/60 V5.4/61 V5.4/68* V5.4/70 FDRMOVE with FDRPAS V5.4/66 V5.4/66 V5.4/68* V5.4/70 FDRERASE FOR z/os V5.4/50 V5.4/50 V5.4/50 V5.4/70 FDRSOS V5.4/56 V5.4/61 V5.4/68* V5.4/70 FATS/FATAR/FATSCOPY V4.8/46* V4.8/50 V4.9/05 V4.9/11 IAM V8.1/05* V8.1/11 V8.1/14 V8.1/16 UPSTREAM CLIENT V3.5.0 V3.5.0 V3.5.0E V3.5.2D UPSTREAM for z/os V3.5.0 V3.5.0 V3.5.0 V3.5.0 UPSTREAM z/os UNIX V3.5.0 V3.5.0 V3.5.0 V3.5.0 UPSTREAM Reservoir V3.5.2D FDRERASE/OPEN V2.5.0 For the most up-to-date information visit the website at: CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS: 275 Paterson Ave., Little Falls, NJ (973) Fax: (973) support@fdrinnovation.com sales@fdrinnovation.com EUROPEAN FRANCE GERMANY NETHERLANDS UNITED KINGDOM NORDIC COUNTRIES OFFICES: PLEASE SEND ME: Product Overview/Concept and Facilities Guides for: FDR IAM FATSCOPY UPSTREAM FDRPAS FDRSOS RESERVOIR FDRERASE FDRERASE/OPEN FDRCRYPT FDRViEWS ABR FDREPORT FDRMOVE FDRINSTANT FREE No-Obligation Trial & Keychain Flashlight. Check if you want a Documentation CD-ROM shipped to you. Check if you want the latest version of a licensed product shipped to you. IAM White Paper Reducing VSAM Processing Time. Performance Comparison ABR versus DFSMShsm. USER COMMENTS: FIRST-CLASS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Little Falls, NJ Permit No. 65 Telephone