RE: Automatic save at IPL -- MIDRANGE-L

That's just a regular backup, not a complete backup (with LIC & OS/400
saved), and you can easily do the same as that with your own program
called from the job scheduler and run in batch (plus you can tailor your
own program).

Then again, unless you've changed your licensed program products, OS/400
release, or applied a cum package, there's really no reason you need to
backup all that stuff (LIC & OS/400) all the time (as long as you have
at least a couple of complete backups, or just the SAVSYS piece, since
last time you did change any of those).

Your regular nightly backup can (and I would suggest SHOULD) backup the
parts of a SAVSYS backup that can change frequently - which can be done
with SAVSECDTA and SAVCFG.
I would also suggest you do a RTCFGSRC *ALL *ALL to a source member as
part of a nightly backup (preferably before you backup the library you
retrieved the source into).





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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Carey [SMTP:jeffreycarey@usa.net]
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 1998 5:59 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: Automatic save at IPL
> 
> What about using the unattended backup from the GO BACKUP menu?
> 
> Neil Palmer wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> >
> > Neil Palmer             
> >
> > > -----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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