Copy Top Secret Security file with DFDSS

Products

• Top Secret
• Top Secret - LDAP

Issue/Introduction

The Top Secret Security files need to be moved from volume A to volume B. Can this be done with DFDSS dump/restore or move/copy?.

Resolution

If the device types of both DASD's are the same (ie 3380 to 3380 or 3390 to 3390), you can use any bit by bit copy program like Brightstor, ASM2, DFDSS, FDR, IEHMOVE to copy the (backup) security files.

You can issue a TSS MODIFY BACKUP command to take an immediate backup before copying the backup security file.

If the device types are different (ie 3380 to 3390), you will need to allocate a new security file on the new DASD and run TSSXTEND to copy the old (backup) security file to the newly allocated one.

Once the (backup) security file is copied, you will need to do a temporary shutdown and restart of Top Secret pointing to the new file.