Re: Full System Save

[Jerry Draper <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can "schedule" a full system back using a custom BRMS group that 
will run in the QCTL subsystem.

You will not be able to log onto the system interactively while this is 
running.  There will be a source reference code on the front panel/ops 
console/hmc indicating that this job is running.

It will end all subsystems, run the full system backup, and restart the 
system.  Optionally you can specify that the system do an IPL (recommended).

Jerry


On 8/7/2017 11:13 AM, Donna Crowley wrote:
> Good day!
>
> We have a fully integrated ERP application suite running on a Power 8, V7.2.  Right now, we run the vanilla RUNBCKUP.  Unfortunately, we have 2 payment portals (web and IVR) that run 24x7.  Due to this, some files don't get backed up as they're in use.  We discovered this during our last disaster recovery test.  Not a good result.  :(
>
> If we do a Full System Save, we catch everything, as the subsystems are ended, which breaks the connections to the payment portals.
>
> I've been told there is a "save while in use" option, which triggers two questions:  1.  How would this work?  Would it skip the locked files and then try to back them up later?  Wouldn't this cause the files to be out of sync???  And 2.  If only the full system save would work, can I put it on the scheduler?  I've read some older postings that say this can't be done as Opt. 21 would end QBATCH.  I'm not a programmer, and have limited availability to someone with somewhat out-of-date programming skills.  What else would be available to us?  (BRMS is not an option).
>
> Thank you all for any info you could pass along!
> Donna