7.1Importing into FDR/UPSTREAM
To import into FDR/UPSTREAM you must know the following:
- The tapes in a given tape set and their order. You can get this information from the UPSTREAM Director or the FILEINFO program (both described below) to obtain the list of tapes, by VolSer.
- The data set name imprinted on the tapes. Again, the Director or the FILEINFO program can help you obtain this information.
To use the UPSTREAM Director to display the list of tapes bring up the UPSTREAM Director. Select the Media tab and highlight the Tape Regen window.
In the bottom frame (labeled Tape Set(s)), the Name is the z/OS data set name (DSN) to use when cataloging these tapes. The subsequent columns are the z/OS VolSer’s to use. Note that their order is significant as data must be identified in sequence.
When you highlight a Tape Set, the Backup Information frame to the right of the Tape Sets frame is updated to display the known backups in the tape set. The columns include the Profile, Version date, Type (Incremental, full, etc.), whether the backup has been Deleted (is no longer cataloged in the UPSTREAM database), the backup version DSN, the DSN sequence number and the Vault number.
If you wish more detail on a tape set, in the UPSTREAM storage Reservoir directory (usually C:\UPSTREAM\USSERVER), there is a set of directories, headed by the subdirectory TAPES which lists the storage pools. Typically you have at least one subdirectory for the UPSTREAM storage pool: TAPES\UPSTREAM. In this directory there is a set of files which are used to store the information about tape sets. They have the format:
For example:
UPSTREAM.AGKNT.D030901.T160034
Once you have identified the tapes you wish to export, you will need to physically remove them from the storage library. If the tapes are about to expire and reenter the scratch storage pool, you may need to manually delete the backups and remove the tapes from the scratch storage pool.
You will then need to use z/OS tape facilities to make the tapes available to your tape management system. Once you have done that you can use the FDR/UPSTREAM regen program to regenerate the tapes into FDR/UPSTREAM. Then you can use standard UPSTREAM facilities to perform restores.