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Here is what DSPLOGBRM shows:

Date sent Time sent Message
5/18/10 3:08:13 Starting save of list SAVELIST to devices TAPMLB04.
5/18/10 3:08:15 Change to media controls successful.
5/18/10 3:08:16 Change to media controls successful.
5/18/10 3:08:16 Starting save of library VNGDBDTA to devices TAPMLB04.
5/18/10 3:08:16 Starting save of library VNGCUSDTA to devices TAPMLB04.
5/18/10 3:08:16 Starting save of library PROD_MOD to devices TAPMLB04.
5/18/10 3:08:16 Starting save of library PROD_DTA to devices TAPMLB04.
5/18/10 4:39:26 6398 objects saved from library VNGDBDTA.
5/18/10 4:39:26 35 objects saved from library VNGCUSDTA.
5/18/10 4:39:26 2266 objects saved from library PROD_MOD.
5/18/10 4:39:26 117 objects saved from library PROD_DTA.
5/18/10 4:39:26 4 libraries saved.
5/18/10 4:40:00 Change to media controls successful.
5/18/10 4:40:00 Change to media controls successful.
5/18/10 4:45:57 68 objects saved from library QGPL.
5/18/10 4:45:58 Save of list SAVELIST complete.
As you can see, all the library saves reported the same start and stop
times. A question: are these times the same because these four libraries
(excluding QGPL) are in the same step? The control group step in question
is:
30 SAVELIST *OBJ *SYSBAS

...with SAVELIST defined as:
10 VNGDBDTA *ALL *ALL *ALL
20 VNGCUSDTA *ALL *ALL *ALL
30 PROD_MOD *ALL *ALL *ALL
40 PROD_DTA *ALL *ALL *ALL
50 QGPL *ALL *JRNRCV *ALL

Do I need separate steps to accurately track the save times?

We are on a 9406-810. The spend here is tight, and there is talk to moving
to a big-name TLA (not IBM). Upgrading the tape library will probably not
happen.

Thanks,
Loyd


On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Kirk Goins <kirkgoins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What is showing in the History Log. Typically there is a message posted
there for each library saved. I don't know what system you are running but
stepping up to a LTO2-4 using the LVD interface should speed things up too.

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 6:28 AM, Loyd Goodbar <loyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In BRMS, is there a way to determine the actual time it took to save a
library?

In our daily backup, we perform a full save of four main libraries to
tape.
They all start within a couple of minutes, and end 90 minutes later. Here
is
a partial list of the media information report (entries before and after
these five are excluded):

Saved Save Item Save Save Expire Objects
Item Type Type Date Time Date Saved
VNGDBDTA *FULL *LIB 5/18/10 3:08:17 6/08/10 6398
VNGCUSDTA *FULL *LIB 5/18/10 3:10:23 6/08/10 35
PROD_MOD *FULL *LIB 5/18/10 3:10:24 6/08/10 2266
PROD_DTA *FULL *LIB 5/18/10 3:11:15 6/08/10 117
QGPL *FULL *LIST 5/18/10 4:40:02 6/08/10 68

The tape drive is single LTO1 (3581). We are V5R4. (Unfortunately, we
have
vendor software issues - sitll! - that prevent us from moving to 6.1.)

Our current save strategy is to save the enitre system on Sunday, then
save
specific libraries (full save) during the week. In the event of a
disaster,
we only need a Sunday tape and the most recent daily tape. Other
libraries
not saved daily were determined to be of low risk.

We are looking to reduce our current backup window.


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