5.7.4 Examples

Example 1:

Convert a .gz compressed DASD image file to AWSCKD format. Create a large file (> 2 GB) and replace
the output file if it already exists.

DASDCONV -r -lfs D:\MVS\DASD\MVSRES.GZ D:\MVS\DASD\MVSRES.CKD

5.7.5 Sample Utility Output

Sample 1:

Convert a .gz compressed DASD image file to AWSCKD format. Create a large file (> 2 GB) and replace
the output file if it already exists.

D:\HERCULES>DASDCONV -r -lfs D:\MVS\DASD\MVSRES.GZ D:\MVS\DASD\MVSRES.CKD

Hercules DASD CKD image conversion program

Version 3.05

(c)Copyright 1999-2005 by Roger Bowler, Jan Jaeger, and others

Converting 3390 volume MVSRES: 3339 cyls, 15 trks/cyl, 56832 bytes/track

3339 cylinders successfully written to file MVSRES.ckd

DASD conversion successfully completed.

Figure 36: DASDCONV utility output

5.8 DASDCOPY (Copy DASD f
ile to another DASD f
ile)

5.8.1 Function

The DASDCOPY utility is used to copy a DASD image file to another DASD image file.

5.8.2 Syntax

Descriptive

DASDCOPY [-option [-option ... ]] infile [SF=shadowfile]
outfile

Diagram

Êʬ¬¬ DASDCOPY ¬¬¬§¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬§¬¬¬ infile ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬Ê

-option ¬¬¬¨¬¬¬¯

ʬ¬¬§¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬§¬¬¬ outfile ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬ÊÍ

shadowfile ¬¬¬¯

5.8.3 Parameter

options:

-v

Display version information and help text.

-h

Display usage summary and quit.

-q

Quiet mode, do not display status.

-r

Replace the output file if it already exists.

-z

Compress output using zlib (default).

-bz2

Compress output using bzip2.

-0

Do not compress output (0 = zero).

-blks n

Size of output FBA file.

-cyls n

Size of output CKD file.

-a

Output CKD file will have alternate cylinders.