RE: Automize a complete save -- MIDRANGE-L

Hi all,

Thanks for your answers. Meanwhile I talked with IBM support in France about a 
software problem we hade on AS/400 and the guy told me he was a backup/recovery 
specialist. So I asked him if he has a solution about that. And he had one : 
Using TDD. It's an IBM offer and costs near by 1000 euros (much more in 
dollars), not so much for a bank as we are. Does somebody know about this 
program ?

He has send it to me for a 30 days test. So I will test it.

JC

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]De la part de Graap, Ken
Envoyé : jeudi 26 août 2004 14:40
À : 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Objet : RE: Automize a complete save


However it is done, it will currently need to run interactively. Several
Backup Recovery software packages have built into them a way to submit
processes to an interactive console. This allows the system to be taken to a
restrictive state, which is a requirement of SAVE Option 21 (specifically
the SAVSYS and SAVLIB *NONSYS)and saved in an unattended automated way.

Take a look at IBM's solution: BRMS/400

        
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/service/brms/prodinfo.htm


It sounds like you have plenty of time. A FULL system save in 45 minutes,
wow! It can take me up to 10 hours!

Kenneth

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of MITTELHEISSER Jean
Claude
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 5:13 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Automize a complete save

Hi all,

I know that's not a new question and I found some stuff on archive. But I
don't understand why there's no real solution about that.

As you know we had a great crash on a critical 9406-820 with OS 4.5 and we
found out our saves were not OK. Now machine and its applications are OK. We
think about making simple saves and fast recovery without mirroring. We
tested "go save" with option 21. It took 45 minutes to save whole system on
ultrium1 tape (hope we have all datas as it is explained in several docs).
This machine is critical, but has no application working whole night. So we
have enough time to save. I would like to automize "go save" option 21 to be
scheduled every night. I know the great difficulty is that we need whole
system to be stopped to be sure all datas will be saved. Some ideas ?

Regards.
Jean Claude
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