RE: Automatic save at IPL

Bill,

If you're trying to call a program to run a complete system backup from
the startup program, it can't be done.
You need to start the complete save interactively at the system console
(although I tink I read about a vendor who claimed to have a utility
that would allow you to do this, I have never seen one myself).

If you're simply looking for a CL program that will backup your entire
machine, like the GO SAVE #21, then I could send you mine if you're
interested.  Just send me a private e-mail.



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bmegenity@ruskin.com [SMTP:bmegenity@ruskin.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 1998 9:06 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Automatic save at IPL
> 
> Forgive me if this is covered in the archives. By the way, how do I
> get   
> to them to see what has transpired before? We are trying to perform a
> 
> full, unattended system save every Sunday morning when we IPL. We are
> 
> running into problems with the program wanting to be in the restricted
> 
> state, which side of the console we are using, which sign the moon is
> in   
> (probably not but it seems that way). Can anyone give me a nice, neat
> 
> list of things to do to get this to operate correctly. We are on a 510
> at   
> V3R7 and using an Exabyte Mammoth 8mm tape drive, with a 20/40gb
> capacity   
> (I think).
> 
> By the way, we have had excellent luck with this drive except for the
> 
> little quirk that when you load software from an 8mm tape that is not
> of   
> their particular brand, you MUST clean and restart the tape drive
> before   
> you can read another tape. This is a design "feature".
> 
> Bill Megenity
> 
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