RE: Automating backups

Dale,

Look at the command SAVSAVFDTA (Save SaveFile Data), it will save the
objects in a save file to tape as if the command was originally issued to
the tape device.  You should be able to configure a job to save each of the
objects in AMSLIB in the sequence that Mapics puts them on the tape.

I believe the difference between these two options is that saving the AMSLIB
to tape requires the library to be restored to disk before you can restore
the files.  Whereas a save of the objects with the above command will permit
a restore of the files from the tape itself.

Regards,
-Greg

Gregory Novak
Manager North American Technical Services
Momentum Utilities Pty Ltd
(630) 985-1736
gnovak@xxxxxxxxxx
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-----Original Message-----
From: DaleGindlesperger@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:DaleGindlesperger@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 10:39 AM
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Subject: RE: Automating backups







Michael,

We use a 3570 Magstar tape drive (fast when we bought it - sigh).  Tape
backups take 90 minutes, back to disk takes 30 minutes.  When I do the
MAPICS Copy disk backup to tape, the DSPTAP shows QTEMP, AMFLIB, AMTLIB.
If I do either of the options they gave me (SAVLIB of AMSLIB or SAVOBJ of
the required objects), it only shows AMSLIB.  I'd like it to match.

Dale Gindlesperger
IT Manager/Special Projects Leader
Fleetwood Folding Trailers, Inc.
258 Beacon Street
Somerset, PA  15501




                                                                           
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All our accounts that save to DISK just do a SAVLIB of AMSLIB. What
other things does MAPICS give you?

Just curious.. You do a save to disk because of the speed? How long does
your backup take? What tape drive do you use?

I know that if you are using the LTO drives, the save is almost as fast
as to DISK, and then you would be able to control the ejecting (which
you should always do) but before you do that, you can do a dsptap.



Michael Franchino
Custom Systems Corporation
334 Sparta Ave
Sparta, NJ  07871

973-726-0202 X214
973-726-4552 Fax
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Subject: Automating backups





Hi everyone,

Our Sarbannes-Oxley auditor is requiring that we store a DSPTAP of our
MAPICS backups with each tape.  Currently, we run an unattended MAPICS
backup to disk (for speed) during the 3rd shift lunch break (3am).  Then
during 1st shift, I run the MAPICS "Save disk backup to tape" option.
Then I have to reload the tape and do a DSPTAP *PRINT to satisfy the
SARBOX people.

Unfortunately, the "Save disk backup to tape" is interactive only, and
it auto-ejects the tape at the end, which precludes me from using Robot
to do that portion (I have to reload the tape to get the DSPTAP
printout).

I asked the response line what that option does and was told to either
do a SAVLIB of AMSLIB, or SAVOBJ of the various objects in AMSLIB
(AMFBCKM, AMTBCKM, yadda, yadda), but that doesn't give me the same
thing that I get when I manually run the "Save disk backup to tape".

Has anyone on this thread written their own version of the "Save disk
backup to tape"?

Dale Gindlesperger
IT Manager/Special Projects Leader
Fleetwood Folding Trailers, Inc.
258 Beacon Street
Somerset, PA  15501



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