Re: Unattended full system backup

["Jerome Draper" <jdraper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is an excerpt from out OPS Guide on running a Savsys21.  We lose
control of the system until it resurfaces som 14 hours later.  A remote
control product like the one from Nlynx that allows you to control a twinax
terminal (DSP01) from a LAN attached terminal (VPN too) would solve that
problem.

We had a problem where a break message was sent to the console which
interrupted the savsys21 (it was waiting for a response) but I believe this
can be resolved by specifying BRKMSG(*HOLD) in the CHGJOB command.  True?

Jerry

Jerome Draper, Trilobyte Software Systems, since 1976
Network and Connectivity Specialist -- Mac's, LAN's, PC's, and iSeries
Representing Synapse, Nlynx, Netopia, CLI, HiT, and others .....
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(this is mostly from the Backup and Recovery guide)

To perform an unattended save operation, continue with the following steps.
An unattended save operation prevents your save operation from stopping
because of unanswered messages:

Display the reply list sequence numbers to find what numbers are available
for use:

WRKRPYLE

a. If MSGID(CPA3708) is not already in your reply list, add it. For xxxx,
substitute an unused sequence number from 1 through 9999:
ADDRPYLE SEQNBR(xxxx) MSGID(CPA3708) RPY('G')
b. Change your job to use the reply list:
CHGJOB INQMSGRPY(*SYSRPYL)

Select option 21 from the SAVE menu and press the Enter key.  A prompt
display describes the function of the menu option that you selected.  After
reading the prompt display, press the Enter key to continue. You are shown
the Specify Command Defaults display:

Confirm the following settings:

Devices  TAP01
Prompt for commands  N
Check for active files N
Message queue delivery *NOTIFY
Start time  <set to time you want save sys to start>
Vary off network servers *NONE
Unmount file systems N
Print system information N
Use system reply list Y

Notes:
Type your choice for the Start time prompt. You may schedule the start of
the save operation up to 24 hours later. For example, assume that the
current time is 4:30 p.m. on Friday. If you specify 2:30 for the start time,
the save operation begins at 2:30 a.m. on Saturday.

----- Original Message -----
From: James H H Lampert <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 08:19 AM
Subject: Re: Unattended full system backup


> > Is this possible. That is, can you remotely answer any messages that
> > would  come up?
>
> Around here, we don't bother making any provisions for remotely answering
> messages; somebody simply comes in over the weekend to see if something
> went wrong.
>
> --
> JHHL
>
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