Considerations for SFS Aliases After FILEPOOL FILELOAD

In contrast with restoring an entire storage group, the FILEPOOL FILELOAD command does not restore SFS aliases and authorizations. The following three cases are possible:

• If the restore process results in replacing an existing file with the same filename filetype dirname, the authorizations and aliases of the existing file are preserved. Note that they may not necessarily be the same as the authorizations and aliases of the file at the time the backup file was created.
• If the restore process results in the creation of a new file, the newly created file has no aliases. The newly created file has only those authorizations created as a result of current directory level authorizations (NEWREAD or NEWWRITE authorizations for file control directories, or DIRREAD or DIRWRITE authorizations for directory control directories). Therefore, the aliases and any other authorizations that existed at the time the backup file was created are not restored.
• If filename filetype dirname represents an alias to a base file, the alias is not restored. Use the CREATE ALIAS command to recreate it. For more information, see z/VM: CMS Commands and Utilities Reference.