Re: MCH3601 error in backup routine

At 05:19 AM 12/23/1999 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>As part of our backup routine, we run the following:
>SAVLIB     LIB(*ALLUSR) DEV(TAP03) EXPDATE(&DATE) +
>              ENDOPT(*LEAVE) SAVACT(*SYSDFN) +
>              ACCPTH(*YES) DTACPR(*DEV) OMITLIB(TST* XXX*)
>About 40 minutes in, we get a MCH3601 diagnostic message - Pointer not set
>for location referenced.
>
>I've never seen this before - is it something to worry about?


This sounds reasonable to worry about.  I see that you are specifying SWA, 
do you have the correct journaling and commitment control environment for 
this?  A majority of the users that I see using SWA DO NOT have a valid 
backup strategy!


>We're backing up to a Magstar 3570C01, and the system is still up during the
>backup, but there's usually only 1-2 users signed on.

There are group PTFs for save/restore for several releases, you might 
investigate these.

>Previously we were backing up to a 8mm drive so were specifying the
>libraries rather than doing an *allusr.

In general, I recommend specifying specific libraries for SWA, as opposed 
to *ALLUSR.

Al




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