Re: What is a "cumulative" save?

Or a SAVLIB on a library...SAVLIB resets the flag used by SAVCHGOBJ...

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Landess" <steve_landess@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <KBrunk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: What is a "cumulative" save?


> Last "complete" save =
> last time you did a SAVLIB *NONSYS...
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Brunk, Kevin" <>
> To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 10:33 AM
> Subject: What is a "cumulative" save?
>
>
> In table 51 of the backup/restore manual discussing restoring objects, it
> notes:
>
>
>  Table 51. Restore Procedures for Changed Objects
>
>  Save Method
>  Description
>  Restore Procedure
>
>  Cumulative
>
>
>  You save all changes since the
>  last complete save operation.
>
>   "Restoring Changed
>
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>   Objects by Library"
>
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>   in topic 3.9.1.1
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>  Not cumulative
>
>
>
>  You save changes since the
>  last SAVCHGOBJ operation.
>
>
>   "Restoring Changed
>
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>   Objects
>
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>   Individually" in
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>   topic 3.9.1.2
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> I'm not sure what is meant by "the last complete save operation."  Our
> strategy is,
>
> once a week, do a SAVLIB *ALLUSR, and daily to do a SAVCHGOBJ *ALLUSR.  In
> both
>
> cases the REFDATE is *SAVLIB.  My understanding was that by specifying
> *SAVLIB,
>
> the SAVCHGOBJ was cumulative in the sense that each day was (essentially)
> the
>
> previous days objects plus any new ones that had changed.
>
>
>
> So, 1) is my understanding of SAVCHGOBJ REFDATE(*SAVLIB)
>
> correct, and 2) is it cumulative in the sense that table 51 means it?
>
>
>
> This has come about as we prepare for our DR test.
>
>
>
> ==Kevin
>
>
>
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