Identifying extended format data sets in Disk™ Backup and Restore.

Products

• Disk Backup and Restore - MVS
• DISK BACKUP AND RESTORE- ADD-ON OPTIO
• DISK BACKUP AND RESTORE

Issue/Introduction

During Backup / Archive process, how to identify extended format data sets?

Environment

Release: Disk™ Backup and Restore

Resolution

The following steps to be performed for identifying the extended data sets:

1. On ISPF 3.4 option, enter "I" in front of the data set, and check the Data Set Name Type field for the following keywords: Library, HFS/zFS, or Extended
2. IDCAMS LISTC ALL and check the following fields.
   a. DSNTYPE field for Library or HFS /zFS 
   b. ATTRIBUTE field for Extended keyword or non-zero value in the STRIPE-COUNT field

Disk is able to report, backup, and restore all types of extended data sets.