Re: Backing up and not taking TCP/IP down

[John Martz <jmartz@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>> Is there a way to keep TCP/IP up and running
>> when backing up an AS/400?  When we backup our AS/400
>> the subsystem that has TCP/IP running on it is
>> taken down.  How do we get around this?

In a word: you don't get around it! Whenever you end job QTCPIP which runs in
subsystem QSYSWRK an implicit ENDTCP *IMMED is also performed.

The reason the design works this way is that the QTCPIP job is a critical part
of TCP/IP. It must be active to start or end a TCP/IP interface. If you ended
the QTCPIP job but allowed TCP/IP to remain up, it would be running
"crippled".  So we do our best to not allow this to happen.

-john martz                                  tie 852-5539
IBM AS/400 TCP/IP PPP development (and stuff)
Internet e-mail:                     jmartz@us.ibm.com
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