Restoring the mds items from migration

Complete these instruction to restore mds items if you are migrating from a Pick-compatible environment.

About this task

The mds file in D3 is equivalent to the system file of R83 and Pick compatible systems.

To restore Q-pointers to D3, a sel-restore can be performed, but a different method should be used than for a restore of mds from a D3 tape. The specific command or options used might vary depending on the source system. We recommend restoring items to a non-mds file, checking that file, then copying the preferred items to mds. This keeps unwanted items out of mds.

Procedure

Execute these commands:

create-file old-system 1 3
set-device device.number
t-rew
sel-restore old-system
Restore from F)ull/Account, I)ncremental or T)ransaction log (f/i/t): f
Account name on tape: system
File name on tape: <Enter>
Restore from incremental save tape (y/n)? n
Restore from transaction log tape (y/n)? n

Note: When entering the account name and file name at the prompts, you might need to enter system at each prompt, or you might need to perform a restore using the (n option. For example:

Account name on tape: system
File name on tape: system

Consult documentation from the source system to determine the proper location and selective restore method.

Remove unwanted items from old-system.
Copy the remaining items to mds.
```
copy old-system
to: (mds
```