Re: Intermittent backup

I had to do something similar awhile back. The route that I chose was to use SQL to CONNECT to the 2nd system. This required that receiver files, of course, be on the 2nd system that were mirror images of those being pushed. I got all of the information that I needed from the Redbook (SG24-6393-00) written by Birgitta and company.


I thought that it would be intolerably slow, but even as part of an interactive process, the users didn't even notice it. Bear in mind, though, that the number of records being pushed per incident ranged from 2-n with n probably being < 5 in 98% of the cases.

There was another option that I glanced at that you might want to investigate: ObjectConnect. It is part of the base OS (option 22 in V5R3).

Either option, if you don't want to use journaling, should be way faster than popping everything into a *Savf and then FTPing it to the 2nd system.

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Dave Snyder wrote:

I am looking for a way to "backup" or make copies of files and
libraries, without knocking people out of the system or slowing them
down to do so. I need a way to periodically backup up transaction files
or updated master files periodically throughout the day and send them to
an alternate box. HA software is not an option at this point. I know I
could use journaling but do not know that I want to go down that road,
or else I will push for the HA software.

Can I use CPYLIB, CPYF, CRTDUPOBJ, SAVOBJ, SAVLIB commands and achieve
the results I am looking for? I realize I might have to run them
multiple times throughout the day.


Thanks for the direction.


Dave


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