OPERATION OF THE COPY UTILITY

Load the Utility (05-00)

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To load the utility, respond to the following prompt:

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Pl"C)<H'Hll name: UIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

I)ev i ce addl"(~~!>.!):

Partition number:

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1. If necessary, insert the diskette containing the utility into a diskette drive.

2. Enter SYSCOPY as the program name.

3. Enter the device address.

4. Enter the number of the partition where the program will execute. (If a partition number is not entered, the number defaults to the number of the partition associated with the keyboard at which you are working.)

5. Press the Enter key.

The utility is loaded and the select copy option prompt (31-01) is displayed.

Specify the Copy Option to be Used (31-01) initialization. The input diskette prompt (31-61) is displayed.

See "Image Copy" on page 5-9 to continue.

• Enter a 2 to use the volume copy function and copy a group of data sets or the entire contents of one diskette or disk to another diskette or disk of the same or different type and initialization. The input diskette prompt (31-61) is

displayed. (Volume copy prompt 31-61 is different than image

When the utility option is chosen and the next prompt is displayed, you can remove the utility diskette from the diskette drive.

IMAGE COpy

I nsert I nput Diskette (31-61)

If you select image copy (option 1) in the select copy option prompt (31-01), the following prompt is displayed:

Insert diskette to be copied FROM and enter Device address: LI I I I

31-61

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1. If necessary, insert the input diskette into a diskette drive and enter the diskette device address.

2. Press the Enter key.

If the diskette is volume-protected, the volume-protected prompt is displayed. Enter the owner ID and press the Enter key.

The insert output diskette prompt (31-62) is displayed.

I nsert the Output Diskette (31-62)

After the utility accepts the input diskette, the following prompt is displayed:

Insert diskette to be copied TO and enter Dev i ce addn!Ss: LI I I I

Pl"£~SS ENTER 31-62

1. If necessary, insert the output diskette into a diskette drive and enter the diskette dev=~ce address. (If you are using a single drive to make the copy, enter the device address specified for the input diskette.)

2. Press the Enter key.

If the diskette is volume-protected and the owner ID is different from the owner ID specified for the input diskette, the

volume-protected prompt (05-01) is displayed. Enter the owner ID and press the Enter key to continue.

If the output diskette contains allocated data sets, prompt 31-06 is displayed. If the output disk contains allocated data sets, an error is displayed.

When the output diskette or disk is successfully accessed, the copy process begins. If you specified different device addresses for the input and output diskettes, the copy in process prompt (31-77) is displayed. If you specified the same device address for the input and output diskettes, the inset input diskette prompt (31-64) is displayed.

Output Diskette Contains Data Sets (31-06)

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Output diskette contains data.

The first data set is xxxxxxxx

Do YOU want to copy ever existing data?

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Select option:

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If you want to copy over the existing data sets, enter 1 and press the Enter key. The data sets are deleted from the diskette and the copy process begins.

If you do not want to copy over the existing data sets, enter 2 and press the Enter key. The insert output diskette prompt (31-62) is redisplayed.

Image Copy in Process (31-77)

The following prompt is displayed during an image copy that uses two drives:

SYSCOpy in process.

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The message is displayed when the copy starts and remains displayed until it is completed. During the actual copy, all labels and the data on the tracks are copied to the output diskette or disk.

When the copy is successfully completed, the utility-completed prompt (31-78) is displayed.

I nsert the I nput Diskette (31-64)

If you are using a single drive to make the copy, the following prompt is displayed:

Insert diskette being copied FROM in device

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F'l-ess ENTER 31--64

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1. Insert the input diskette at the address in the field indicated by Xs.

2. Press the Enter key.

After as much data as possible is read into storage from the input diskette, the insert output diskette prompt (31-63) is displayed.

I nsert the Output Diskette (31-63)

Insert diskette bein9 copied TO in device xxxx

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1. Remove the input diskette and insert the output diskette at the address in the field specified by the Xs.

2. Press the Enter key.

The data read into storage from the input diskette is written to the output diskette. If there is more data on the input diskette to be copied, the previous two prompts (31-64 and 31-63) are redisplayed until the copy is completed. Then the utility-completed prompt

(31-78) is displayeq.

If the Cmd, End-of-Job key sequence is used during execution of the single drive image copy function, or if the copy is terminated because of an error, the utility will attempt to restore the input and output diskettes to their precopy condition. Prompts 31-64 and 31-63 may be displayed during the restoration process. The status line on prompt 31-63 or 31-64 displays the error code and the message SYSCOPY in termination. The data in your input data set remains unchanged.

If the Cmd, End-of-Job key sequence is used during the termination process, the utility terminates immediately and the contents of the output data set may be inaccessible. When the termination completes the utility-terminated prompt is displayed.

Image Copy Completed (31-78)

When the image copy is successfully completed, the utility-completed prompt (31-78) is displayed, allowing you to exit the utility or restart the image copy function. If you restart the image copy, the input diskette prompt (31-61) is redisplayed. If you want to

perform a different type of copy, you must exit the utility, then reload the SYSCOPY utility.