Re: How much tape left?

[D.BALE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I knew that already, Rob.  Really!  <g>

I just mentioned it so that I didn't waste someone's time telling me that I
should make sure I have a valid SAVSYS.  We do a SAVSYS only after we apply
PTFs or change the hardware configuration.  (Seeing as the last time we've
done either on one of our 400's was three years ago, perhaps I should dust off
the SAVSYS tape and see if it's still readable?)

Normally (in a previous job), I would do a SAVSYS as part of the normal
backup.  But I can't take the system to a restricted state.  I'm working on
that part, determining all of the requisites for the other systems (mainframe
and Unix) communicating to the 400 potentially 24 hours per day.

Dan Bale
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952

-------------------------- Original Message --------------------------

A SAVSYS is not a Save entire system.  It does not include most libraries
(SAVLIB), directories(SAV), folders (SAVDLO) among other things.  In fact a
SAVSYS on our machine takes 4 minutes.

Rob Berendt

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                    D.BALE@handleman.com
                    To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
                    03/06/01 10:31 AM

Is there a way to tell, programmatically, how much tape is left after the
last
saved object on the tape?

Specifically, I would like to know if I've got room left to save more than
what we're currently saving to tape.

Currently, we are saving only a specified list of user libraries and are
not
using SAVDLO or SAV because, I'm told, we're not really using anything
there
that we can't afford to lose.  I'm unsure as to the wisdom of that
statement.
We _do_ (supposedly) have a current SAVSYS for each of our boxes; our
nightly
backup includes a SAVSECDTA and RTVCFGSRC.

Dan Bale
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
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