Re: Go Save 21 question -- MIDRANGE-L

Thanks. I'll try to get BRMS into the next budget year, but that starts
next July. We already have a few extra PC's and Client Access. Is there a
way to switch from a twin-ax console to a PC console? I saw something about
that somewhere. I also heard that using a twin-ax card from Bosa Nova works
too.

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Jim Oberholtzer <
midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Yes, QCTL must end to get a full save. The only way to get an
unattended restricted state back up is to use one of the tape management
systems, BRMS, Robot/Save, or LXI's product to name three. You need to
have a monitor job that is capable of running in QCTL while it is
ended. You can write your own but it's not for the faint of heart to
do. BRMS is inexpensive so it should be considered strongly and it's
backed by IBM support. The others work too, and have some feature
function that BRMS does not have.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects

On 11/13/2012 8:41 AM, Daniel T. Rowan wrote:

QCTL never gets ended though does it? I have scheduled our nightly backup
to run in that subsystem.

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Luis Rodriguez<luisro58@xxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

Daniel,

(Running V5R3, but the principles, IMHO, should stay the same).

The name of the program that is executed with GO SAVE 21 is, IIRC,
QMNSRBND. It is quite complex and I believe you would be better

served by

just typing 21 (don't press enter) while in the GO SAVE menu and then
pressing the help key. The help text shows you all the commands that

are

run under a GO SAVE 21 option.

I don't know if it can be run with a WRKJOBSCDE (never tried it),

but my

best guess would be*no*, as a GO SAVE 21 implies the ending of
susbsystems, including, of course, QBATCH and its similars. In a

worst case

scenario, you could just create a small CLP that recreates the GO

SAVE 21

options and just add a delay before it. Run it in your console when

leaving

Friday afternoon.

HTH,

Luis Rodriguez
IBM Certified Systems Expert — eServer i5 iSeries
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On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Daniel T. Rowan<

danieltrowan@xxxxxxxxx

>wrote:

> Good morning.
>
> I have three questions. First, what is the name of the program

that is

> executed by the option 21? Now that we are on V7R1, I would like

to

> retrieve the source and customize it for our shop. My former

boss had a

> version that we still use, but he has retired, and I'm not sure

we're

> getting everything.
>
> Second, can this new program be run through WRKJOBSCDE? I am

getting

tired

> of either staying late on Fridays or getting up early on

Saturday to do

my

> full system saves.
>
> Third, if I can't run this through the scheduler, is there a way

to set

up

> a PC to act as the console and remote into it? We don't have

budget money

> for one of those HMC's you guys talk about.
>
> Thanks
> --

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