Re: Too Much DASD

Paul - unless you're running some special commands before backup to save
the contents of your spool files, your backups don't contain them.


On Sat, 17 May 1997, PaulMmn wrote:

> At 03:07 PM 5/17/97 -0400, Hank wrote:
> >Dean Asmussen (DAsmussen@aol.com) of Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.,
> >wrote:
> >
> >>> Sounds like you need to do what I did at a shop that I was in charge of
> >(more
> >than I'd care to mention) years ago.  After obtaining management approval, I
> >sent a memo to QEVERYBODY stating that the system was NOT a filing cabinet
> >and that these old spool files needed to be eliminated.  <<
> >
> >I've run into sites that have actually requested that not only the spooled
> >files be retained, but that they should be archived to a jukebox. The
> >argument is that these serve as a snapshot in time, and the documents serve
> >both as an audit and as a customer service aid. I respectfully suggest that
> >we are going to see more of the same in the future, not less - especially as
> >we Web-enable our AS/400 "servers of choice."
> 
> 
> Well, we've got the month end and year end tapes salted away as a snapshot
> in time...  we could re-create the stuff they need if they're -really-
> desperate.
> 
> What's wrong with Good Ol' Microfiche as a bulk storage medium?  Small,
> compact, easy to use...
> 
> --Paul E Musselman
> PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com
> 
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