Re: Post backup command

["Eric A. Wolf" <eric_a_wolf@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'll hold you to that...


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From: <DaleGindlesperger@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "MAPICS ERP System Discussion" <mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: Post backup command


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> Eric,
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> That's an interesting point.  I always use a scheduled job to do a DSPTAP
> *PRINT with an eject.  Our SARBOX auditors told me I absolutely HAD to
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> a tape catalog stored with the backup tape, and that gives me one.  But
you
> are correct in that your way will let you know it's a useless (re:
> duplicate) backup tape.  My way doesn't do that.  Now I have to think
about
> my processing..........  again.......   Hmmmmm.......   Of course, since I
> switched to disk backups, I haven't had one fail, but.....
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> Thanks!  I owe you a beer at next year's conference!
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> Dale Gindlesperger
> IT Manager/Special Projects Leader
> Fleetwood Folding Trailers, Inc.
> 258 Beacon Street
> Somerset, PA  15501
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>              12/20/2004 04:00          Re: Post backup command
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> Dale,
> When the job runs via the "post backup" command, I pass a parm to tell the
> extra SAVLIB to unload the tape.  When it runs independently, it does just
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> rewind.  That way, before even signing on to a session, the system
> administrator knows that the regular MAPICS backup did not run...
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> Eric
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <DaleGindlesperger@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "MAPICS ERP System Discussion" <mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 12:46 PM
> Subject: Re: Post backup command
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> > Eric,
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> > This may be a dumb question, but why don't you just rely entirely on the
> > job scheduler instead of messing with the post-backup command?  That's
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> > I did to eliminate the problem of abending backups messing up
post-backup
> > commands......
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> > Dale Gindlesperger
> > IT Manager/Special Projects Leader
> > Fleetwood Folding Trailers, Inc.
> > 258 Beacon Street
> > Somerset, PA  15501
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> >              12/20/2004 03:31          Re: Post backup command
> >              PM
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> > Bryan,
> > In the "pre-backup" command, I create a scheduled job with a specific
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> > that runs the same program as the post-backup command.  I schedule it
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> > (time-wise) so that the jobs don't butt-heads.  Then in the post backup
> > command, the first thing I do is delete the scheduled job entry since it
> > does not need to execute seperately.
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> > Works like a charm...
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> > Eric A. Wolf
> > Independent MAPICS Consultant
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Burns, Bryan" <burnsbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <MAPICS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 12:19 PM
> > Subject: Post backup command
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> > > If our MAPICS backup ends abnormally, the post backup command doesn't
> > run.
> > > Does anyone have a work-around for this?
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> > > Bryan Burns
> > > System Operator
> > > Echo, Inc.
> > > Lake Zurich, Illinois
> > > 847-540-8400 x493
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