RE: AS400 Backup, Daily vs. Monthly

Currently I there is several steps I run through before starting the
backup:

Modify and run a query to print some TA transaction
End any logged on users
Delete abended jobs
Close any suspended or Active IM Batches
Post closed batches
Do a Select and Edit in PMC for Inventory
The prepare the transactions
Finally start the backup which backups some non MAPICS libraries

Any assistance would be great.  The reason I do all of the above is
because this is what my former Manager did and since he left I haven't
had time to figure out a different way but I'm getting pretty tired of
this process.



Shawn Thobe
Network Administrator
Fort Recovery Industries Inc.
419-375-4121


-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Anderson [mailto:banderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 4:27 PM
To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion
Subject: RE: AS400 Backup, Daily vs. Monthly

Shawn,
        I don't remember which PTF it is but there is on that will let
you automate
the backup. Ours runs on Tues, Wed, Fri and Sat at 2 AM and call a
custom
backup after the Mapics one to backup our LogPro and EDI stuff.  We run
a
full system backup on Thur at 2 Am

Bob Anderson
EDI Coordinator
Kent Watersports
banderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
419.929.7021 x315
Fax 419.929.1380

-----Original Message-----
From: mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Shawn Thobe
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 4:19 PM
To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion
Subject: RE: AS400 Backup, Daily vs. Monthly


Terry,
I would love to know how you automate the backup process.  I'm new to
MAPICS and I have been doing the process manually on the weekends
(clean-up) then starting a MAPICS backup to tape.

Shawn Thobe
Network Administrator
Fort Recovery Industries Inc.
419-375-4121


-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Novak, Momentum [mailto:gnovak@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 3:53 PM
To: 'MAPICS ERP System Discussion'
Subject: RE: AS400 Backup, Daily vs. Monthly

Terry,

If you have any CL programming skills (or know someone who does), you
could
write a CL program that checks for the day of the month and delays
starting
the backup if it is the last day.

Or you could have shipping actually do their job during normal business
hours (sorry, couldn't resist).

Regards,
-Greg

Gregory Novak
Manager North American Technical Services
Momentum Utilities Pty Ltd
(630) 985-1736
gnovak@xxxxxxxxxx
www.jacana.com

Making Information Work for your Business
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Lauderdale [mailto:DLAUDERDALE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 11:24 AM
To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion
Subject: RE: AS400 Backup, Daily vs. Monthly


Terry,

If you are using a job schedule entry to run these backups, you can
designate the scheduled "date" to be *MONTHEND and the scheduled "day"
to be
*NONE.  This will run only on the last day of the month.  However, you
still
need a mechanism to stop the "daily" backup automatically.  I will have
to
think about that part of it.

David

-----Original Message-----
From: Terry LeBlanc [mailto:TLeBlanc@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 11:08 AM
To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion
Subject: RE: AS400 Backup, Daily vs. Monthly



We run MAPICS XA 5.5 on an iSeries Model 720.  We normally run MAPICS
Backup at 9:00 PM, with some scripts and RPG programs to "prep", takes a
little over an hour with the wait times, etc.  The MAPICS Backup is
directed to a SaveFile on the AS400.

We run the standard AS400 backup to tape media daily at 11:00 PM.  This
process takes approximately 2 1/2 hours, finishing around 1:30 AM.

Problem:
On the last day of the month we need to skip/delay the MAPICS backup and
skip/delay the AS400 backup so that shipping can continue until at least
midnight with uninterrupted access to MAPICS.  The MAPICS backup is
fairly easy, I can just "delete" the backup job from the batch queue for
that night, or reschedule for later.  It's the AS400 backup that I'm not
sure how to handle...

Question:
Is there a way to define a Monthly backup, instead of the normal Daily
backup for that day, for only the last day of a month?  It could be any
day of the week...it's the LAST DAY that needs to have a "later" backup
schedule run...not the normal Daily schedule, the later MONTHLY
schedule...

I'm not an AS400 guru, but it looks like the normal dialogue in V5R1
requires at least 1 "day" be selected.  I don't want to select a "day"
of the week...I want the LAST DAY of each month to run later, whatever
day of the week that may be.  Make sense?

Can you assist?  I would appreciate email responses to
TLeBlanc@xxxxxxxxxxx, if possible, since I don't get by the list as much
as I probably should, and month-end is Monday.<g>

Thanks!

Terry J. LeBlanc
Manager Information Systems
Nailite International
(305) 620-6200 x239
(768) 284-1953 Direct
TLeBlanc@xxxxxxxxxxx

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