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  • Subject: Re: backups on AS/400; part2
  • From: D.BALE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 13:13:00 -0400

Al, maybe you've been around the block way too many times to count on this
issue, but what's your take on the fact that a SAVE 21 type of save, one
requiring a dedicated system with all subsystems ended, must be run
interactively from the system console?  I find it ridiculous that, after all
these years, IBM still has not given us a solution to this gaping hole.  Do
others feel that way?  Most shops I know of can only do a dedicated system
backup (which, IMHO, is the only sane way to do a backup; your comments on SWA
considered) off hours in the middle of the night, and the only way I've been
able to figure out how to accomplish this is to sign on to the console prior
to leaving for the day and start the backup application that waits until late
at night to start the ENDSBS *ALL and run the backup.  Most AS/400 shops
aren't big enough to be able to justify the expense of a night operator.  The
so-called way to secure this is to lock the console using the key on the
display.  It would seem to be a no-brainer (well, consider who's talking here,
o.k.?) to allow a batch job to run from the controlling subsystem in a
restricted state.  But what do I know?

I have taken a renewed interest in this pet peeve of mine, considering my new
responsibilities.

- Dan
Dan Bale says "BAN DALE!"
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
D.Bale@Handleman.com
  Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
  (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)
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