Re: SAVCHGOBJ

[Gary Feinstein <gfeinste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doug,
        I reposted soon after I sent the first message.  I realize that you can
specify within the control group itself when you when to do an
incremental and a full backup on each specific item.  I find it a bit
confusing though with the parameter in the system policy too.
Gary Feinstein
AS/400 System Administrator
Planet Hollywood International Inc.

Doug Barnes wrote:
> 
> At 06:12 PM 3/24/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >Is anyone using IBM's BRMS with the option to SAVCHGOBJ?  Am I correct
> >in assuming that by changing the Incremental type to *INCR I am only
> >saving changed objects since the last full save.  If I do a *CUML save,
> >it saves all objects regardless.  Is this correct?
> 
> I read the above to mean that an *INCR was only saving changes since last
> save (full or *INCL) and the *CUML to be saving cahnges since the last full
> save.
> If I read it right you would have to restore from multiple tapes if you
> used *INCL or only the Full Save tape and the CUML save if you use the *CUML.
> 
> >If so, how can I
> >default to doing a full Cumulative save once a week?    Also, if you are
> >using the *INCR save, are there any problems when doing a full system
> >restore.  I would think you would have to restore from a bunch of tapes
> >to get your entire system back to the way it should be.
> 
> >Gary Feinstein
> >AS/400 System Administrator
> 
> - Doug Barnes -
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