Re: Hands off monthly SAVSYS

[Gqcy <gmufasa01@xxxxxxxxx>]

we have Help systems RobotSAVE, and it does indeed have the ability to
run an unattended save...
they have a utility 
http://www.helpsystems.com/robot/robotsave-restricted-state

and you can schedule a time to take the system down for a save...


On 8/22/2014 7:31 AM, Paul Nelson wrote:
> I don't think BRMS or Robot has anything like that, but I once wrote a
> program called WEEKLY that would be started by the operator at the console
> on Friday, and then wait until Sunday at about 2 AM when the warehouse was
> closed.
>
> There was no need to do an IPL because the program restarted everything that
> had been shutdown.
>
> That client got bought by a bigger company that plunged down the Oracle
> black hole and outsourced everything way before they were ready to make the
> conversion.
>
> I'll see if I still have a copy of the program somewhere.
>
> Paul Nelson
> Cell 708-670-6978
> Office 409-267-4027
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike
> Cunningham
> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 7:17 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Hands off monthly SAVSYS
>
> Does anyone have a script or tool that would do a monthly SAVSYS process
> without the need for an operator? End all subsystems to a restricted state,
> do the SAVSYS, initiate an IPL to bring the system back up, kick off a
> DUPTAP to make a second copy of the SAVSYS tape. I remember there were some
> techniques for doing this years ago, like write  CL and call that CL from
> the operators console before going home on the weekend to do the SAVSYS. CL
> waits until Sunday morning at 6:00 am and then starts running. Does a tool
> like BRMS or Robot handle this type of process?
>
> Mike Cunningham
> VP of Information Technology Services/CIO
> Pennsylvania College of Technology