RE: Automize a complete save

Yes.  I do use Save-While-Active, but end any job that (exclusively) locks
an object before running the save.  After each SAVxxx command I have:

-------------------------------------------------------
MONMSG     MSGID(CPF0000) EXEC(DO)                      
RCVMSG     MSGTYPE(*EXCP) MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) MSGID(&MSGID) 
SNDUSRMSG  MSGID(&MSGID) MSGF(QCPFMSG) MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) +
             MSGTYPE(*INFO) TOUSR(myuserid)           
ENDDO                                                   
-------------------------------------------------------

If anything were to fail, the message would come straight to me, I don't
have to go looking through joblogs to find it.  Determining what jobs you
need to end before the backup is a trial and error process; in this case we
end all user jobs, the Management Central Server and MQ Series.

Regards,

Scott Ingvaldson
iSeries System Administrator
GuideOne Insurance Group              

-----Original Message-----
date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 16:51:22 +0200
from: "MITTELHEISSER Jean Claude" <MITTELJC@xxxxxxx>
subject: RE: Automize a complete save

Are you sure your SAVLIB LIB(*ALLUSR) is complete ? My problem was that
system was alive at save time, so all files on wich some programs had
exclusive control were not included in save and this was our main problem
when restoring the system. 5 days to restart correctly. I hope this never
happens to you.

Bye.
   
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