Re: SAVSYS & SAVLIB(NONSYS) during week

Willie,


We have our own save of application data and program libraries, which runs nightly to tape. In our case, once the warehouse shuts down (about 1600), we're free to do our (I.T.) things. In a 24x7 or even a 16x5 environment, this may not be possible. I do have a scheduled job that backups up these same libraries to save files around 0130; those could be backed up to tape without using a Save While Active.


As regards the SAVSYS, I only do them before and after applying Cume's and/or Group PTF's. I have never seen any reason to do them more frequently.


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Willie J. Moore wrote:

Well management has changed their minds again. At first the decided that if
month end fell during the week, the month end procedures would stay the same.
Now they do not want the lengthy down time that it would require.
Among other Net Work saves, we also stop the Sub-Systems and do a SAVSYS and
SAVLIB(NONSYS). They do not want to give up the convenience and security that
this kind of backup gives.
I would like to here from others on how they handle these two save if done
during the week, or how they handle a month end backup during the week.
I am begging to see Dilbert's point of view...
Thanks,
William Moore