Re: Dedicated Mapics Backup -- MAPICS-L

It's quite basic and simple. And it's complete, I used the tape regularly to
restore to my test environments. Just change TAPxx to whatever your tape device
is, and put whatever you want into the NEWOWNID field. The DSPTAP at the end
was to comply with Sarbannes-Oxley, but is a good idea anyway, as it shows the
date of the backup, and at least verifies that the libraries were backed up.

PGM

INZTAP DEV(TAPxx) NEWVOL(MSM001) NEWOWNID(whatever) +
CHECK(*NO) /* Initialize tape */

SAVSAVFDTA SAVF(AMSLIB/SVDTAABCKM) DEV(TAP01) +
ENDOPT(*LEAVE)

SAVSAVFDTA SAVF(AMSLIB/AMFBCKM) DEV(TAP01) +
ENDOPT(*LEAVE) /* Save AMFLIB */

SAVSAVFDTA SAVF(AMSLIB/AMTBCKM) DEV(TAP01) +
ENDOPT(*LEAVE) /* Save AMTLIB */

SAVSAVFDTA SAVF(AMSLIB/ZSVCTLBCKM) DEV(TAP01) +
ENDOPT(*REWIND)

DSPTAP DEV(TAP01) OUTPUT(*PRINT) ENDOPT(*UNLOAD) /* +
Generate tape directory listing for SARBOX */

ENDPGM

Dale (Cork) Gindlesperger, CPIM

"If you think education is expensive, wait until you see what lack of education
costs...."

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From: Shuhail Mohamed <shuhail.mohamed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion <mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wed, September 15, 2010 1:00:57 PM
Subject: Re: [MAPICS-L] Dedicated Mapics Backup

Dale, I would like to see it.

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Dale Gindlesperger [dale_gindlesperger@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 9:33 PM
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Subject: Re: [MAPICS-L] Dedicated Mapics Backup

That makes things MUCH simpler. If you can do a backup to disk, then a later
save of the backup to tape, you should (emphasis on "should") be able to get the
XA backup done over a lunch break. I've been able to.

BTW - if you want, I can provide a quick save of the backup to tape that can be
added to the post-backup process, or placed in the job scheduler (which is how I
usually did it). Very easy.

Dale (Cork) Gindlesperger, CPIM

"If you think education is expensive, wait until you see what lack of education
costs...."

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From: Barb Baase <BBaase@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wed, September 15, 2010 11:13:25 AM
Subject: Re: [MAPICS-L] Dedicated Mapics Backup

Well, it looks like we are going to go with the offline mode of the data
collection software so I will be able to have some time to get the
dedicated backup. Yay! We are a solution by Integrated Barcoding
Systems. Thanks,

Barbara Baase
Assistant IS Manager
Duro-Last Roofing, Inc.
525 Morley Drive
Saginaw, MI 48601
Phone: 989-753-6486 x2610
Fax: 989-753-4472

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From: Dale Gindlesperger <dale_gindlesperger@xxxxxxxxx>
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Date: 09/14/2010 08:16 PM
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Barb,

Just how "24/7" do you actually have to be? I ask this because I know of
many
3 shift organizations that are nominally 24/7, but actually do a backup
each
night during 3rd shift lunch break. For example, if you use COM_Net and
MDCC,
both applications stay up for the users, but the transactions simply don't
post
until after the XA backups are completed. Ditto with non-XA applications,
for
example two of my accounts have add-on, in-house written IM transactions
done
through green-screen data collection, but those transactions simply wait
until
the backups are done.

Dale (Cork) Gindlesperger, CPIM

"If you think education is expensive, wait until you see what lack of
education
costs...."

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From: "BBaase@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <BBaase@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion <mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, September 14, 2010 8:05:45 PM
Subject: Re: [MAPICS-L] Dedicated Mapics Backup

This sounds interesting. I may have to try it. We do have source code
for XA.

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On Sep 14, 2010, at 7:01 PM, "Richard Stover"
<rstover@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> At a high level you for sure need to get a dedicated environment long
enough to
>run the true XA backup disk-to-disk then back up the save files to tape
later.
>As for applications outside XA that do not test for dedicated mode the
actaul
>back up process does record locking, not file locking. Therefore if you
put say
>a 5 sec. wait in the calling routine to handle the record lock neither XA
or the
>other application should care. Worth experimenting with.
>
> Dick Stover
> Guide Technologies, LLC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barb Baase <BBaase@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 2:22 PM
> To: mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [MAPICS-L] Dedicated Mapics Backup
>
> I am just wondering, in general, how do people get a dedicated Mapics
> backup in a 24/7 environment?
> Is it a recommended practice to use SQL servers and synchronize data
to
> them to be used by applications such as shop floor data collection,
so
> that those applications can use the data from the SQL server while
the
> iSeries is down? My knowledge of SQL and it's abilities is very
limited
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