RE: MAPICS Backup

[jleroi@xxxxxxxxx]

Shawn,

We perform 3 seperate MAPICS backups each day. The first is for our Asia
environments, the second for our European environment and then the final is
the US and consolidated environments; this third also includes our local
libraries. Each of these backups is performed in an unattended fashion.
Programs written in CLP are launched from our Help Systems Robot scheduler.

I will ask my developer to send you copies of the source for the CLP
involved for backing up our US environments. With little modifications, I am
sure you could have this solution working quickly in your environment. The
perceived changes would be for the tape drive identification, tape
initialization and the libraries.

Regards,
Jon Le Roi
Director of Information Systems
Tegal Corporation

-----Original Message-----
From: Shawn Thobe [mailto:ShawnT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:32 AM
To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion
Subject: MAPICS Backup


I know this has been discussed and actually I have posted on this topic
before but I've finally had my fill of this process.

 

I would like to automate the MAPICS backup to tape.  Below are the steps
I complete for running the backup.  If you have any suggestions or have
automated this process please let me know.  Thanks

 

FYI, I'm not an RPG programmer so dumb down your responses.  Thanks

 

Steps I Complete To Run a MAPICS Backup

 

1.      Kick everybody off of the system through wrkactjob and take a 4
to end with *immed
2.      CAS

        a.      Delete abended jobs

3.      IM

        a.      Transaction Processing
        b.      Open and close any suspended batches
        c.      Edit intrnc and replace A with C for any active batches
        d.      Transaction Register - All Closed Batches
        e.      WAIT FOR JOB TO FINISH

4.      PMC

        a.      Select and Edit Transaction based on Date and Time
(Inventory only)
        b.      WAIT FOR JOB TO FINISH
        c.      Prepare transactions 
        d.      WAIT FOR JOB TO FINISH

5.      Start MAPICS Backup to Tape

        a.      Initialize Tape
        b.      Backup

6.      After Backup

        a.      Start U-Jobs that didn't start after backup

 

 

Shawn Thobe

Supervisor - Information Systems

Fort Recovery Industries Inc.

419-375-4121