RE: Lpar refresh strategy

["Paul Nelson" <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just make sure your restore program uses enough authority to avoid problems.

Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 409-267-4027
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Richard Reeve
Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 1:41 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Lpar refresh strategy

Paul,

     I can certainly restrict the test box for a period of time.  Tape
drives are compatible.  I'll give your method a shot and see where it takes
me.

Thanks much!

Rich

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 2:21 PM, Paul Nelson <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Can you get an outage on the test box? Are the tape drives on production
> and
> test compatible?
>
> Here's what I do - With the HMC or the console, I put the test box into a
> restricted condition. Then, I use a program that deletes the libraries
that
> will later be restored from tape. Once that's done, I use the Friday night
> weekly save tape(s) and my restore program gets the libraries restored
from
> tape.
>
> The tape library has 4 drives in it, so this past weekend, I was able to
> utilize all 4 to blow away and restore 38 different data libraries. The
> change management software keeps the test boxes synchronized as far as
> everything else is concerned.
>
> Paul Nelson
> Cell 708-670-6978
> Office 409-267-4027
> nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Richard Reeve
> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 1:11 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Lpar refresh strategy
>
> All,
>
>      I am not an LPAR expert and was hoping for a little advice.  I have a
> box with 3 LPARS.  One production, one test and one development.
>
>      I am looking for advice on the most straight forward way of
refreshing
> the test LPAR from production.  Is there a way that I could automate?  If
> so, how?  FWIW - the library names are the same in both test and
> production.
>
>      Thanks in advance for any advice.
>
> Rich
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