RE: Back up questions

["Wills, Mike N. (TC)" <MNWills@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is this all info in the back up manual?

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Nelson [mailto:pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 1:20 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Back up questions


An old time IBM'er once told me that the INZTAP command did an extra erasure
function prior to writing the label info, plus there is some extra
tensioning that takes place. I've had more than a couple of tapes break on
me at client sites where I've walked in behind this one particular software
company's "system setup expert". One of the first things I do for these
clients is to throw out the software company's backup routine and to set the
client up with a backup utility that really works. Sorta helps to follow the
rules in the chart about backing up the right stuff. :-))

The IBM'er in question is now retired, but considering I once watched him
manufacture a jumper for a S/38 circuit board from a paper clip, I pretty
much have followed his "gospel rules".

Paul Nelson
Arbor Solutions, Inc.
708-670-6978 Cell
708-923-7354 Home
pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx

----- Original Message -----
From: <rob@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: Back up questions


> Paul,
>
> Why does an INZTAP weaken the tape more than writing a backup to it?
>
> Rob Berendt
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> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> Benjamin Franklin
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> If you've got the DASD available, look into having a library containing a
> save file named for each library you want to back up. Don't forget the IFS
> stuff, the configuration objects and the security data. Save the libraries
> and the other objects into those save files, and then you can save this
> one
> "backup" library onto tape at your convenience, since you can bring the
> system back up before the tape activity begins.
>
> Also, do NOT reinitialize the tape every day. This will weaken the first X
> inches of your tape (been there, done that). Add a reply list entry for
> the
> message indicating that the tape has stuff on it. The appropriate response
> is I for ignore. The SAVLIB will happily write over what was there from a
> previous backup.
>
> Paul Nelson
> Arbor Solutions, Inc.
> 708-670-6978 Cell
> 708-923-7354 Home
> pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx
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