Re: LPAR - What are the ways to refresh a partition containing test data?

Steve,

If you know that your OS, PTF's, and Licensed Programs match I would not
touch those.  I would focus on getting program and user data libraries over.
To do that I would recommend that you have the freebie part of OS/400
installed called ObjectConnect.  In V5R1 it is OS/400 Optional Part 22.  You
then have commands such as SAVRSTLIB and SAVRSTOBJ that you can use to move
this stuff from one system to another, no tape media involved.  It's all
done over the network connection between the two systems or LPAR's.

At some point you have to deal with QUSRSYS and QGPL library contents.  A
quick inventory of these libraries will let you know what objects need to be
restored....That can be done with SAVRSTOBJ that is part of ObjectConnect.

I have done this more than once on a 720 4-way that was LPAR'ed to refresh
data for developers getting ready to start a new release of a software
product.  It worked great for me.  Since we had OptiConnect (this costs $$$
and not to be confused with ObjectConnect) up and running between the
LPAR's, the stuff never went out over the network, it was an AS/400 internal
thing via OptiConnect.

This meets your rules of engagement for quick and cheap to get things from
point A to point B.  Hope this helps!

Regards,

Mike Shaw
iSeries Operations Manager
Kendall-Jackson Enterprises
Santa Rosa, CA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Landess" <steve_landess@hotmail.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 7:40 AM
Subject: LPAR - What are the ways to refresh a partition containing test
data?


> The system administrator in the shop where I am working is setting up a
new
> 830 as our development/testing/production system, with partitions for each
> environment.   Not having prior experience with partitioned systems, I'm
> hoping that you guys can point us int the right direction.
>
> He called me yesterday with the following question and comments:
>
> What is the best way to refresh a test partition with data from the
> production partition?  This includes all objects down to the "T".....this
> includes IBM libraries, user libraries, documents, and everything else in
> the IFS.  Pretty much, it HAS TO BE a replica of production when the users
> come in on Monday morning.
>
> I do not care to hear about purchasing a third party software like
> DataMirror, I am looking for a poor man's solution.  My current plan
> includes CLRLIB followed by a CPYLIB, then doing a restore of the
SAVCHGOBJ
> as time goes on.
>
> Thanks in advance for your assistance...
>
> Steve Landess
> Austin, Texas
> (512) 423-0935
>
>
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