Re: Backup - more questions and thanks

[nina jones <ddi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> When using the Save screen, #21, will I get a report listing what has been
> saved on each tape as I go along?  I'm wondering how I would know what tape
> to use when restoring a file.  Will this execute the SAVSYS, SAVDLO, AND
> SAVLIB?

for a report, not really.  after it does the savsys, you'll see the
libraries go across the screen.  if you need a list, you can display the
tape.

> When I run the MAPICS system Backup Master Files procedure, what exactly is
> being backed up?  There is no report or job listing produced when I run it.
>  Is there an option I can set somewhere that will cause these procedures to
> produce a listing?

don't know about that, we don't use mapics.

> And, finally, if I do the Save, #21, and then carry on doing the Mapics
> Backup Master Files, does this mean that I could restore by doing a
> Restore, #21, then restore Master files and have a complete recovery?  I am
> not doing any development work at all, we are simply running the production
> Mapics system.

the #21 is normally done only ocasionally, before you do any hardware
upgrades, and before and after doing any system upgrades. that is what
you recover from if you loose your whole system. 

i assume the mapics backup is for your mapics data files.  normally if
you have operational problems, that's what you recover from.

nj
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