Re: Full System Save

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

As far as the full system save, there were some enhancements to allow it to
be run in batch...
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1015176

However, I've never used them.  The option 21 has long had the ability to
delay to a set time.  I always used 2am.  So you could run the option on
Friday at 5pm and the save wouldn't actually bring down the system and
start saving till 2am Saturday.

If 24hrs isn't enough, you can RTVCLSRC on the save program and add some
more.  I used this technique at one place to run at 2am on Sunday instead
of Saturday.

As far as Save-while-active (SWA)...it could certainly help...but there are
gotchas.  Larry Youngren has some great COMMON presentations on SWA..but it
doesn't look like it's been a part of the most recent COMMONs.

Charles




On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 12:13 PM, Donna Crowley <dcrowley@xxxxxxxx> 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 availability to someone with somewhat out-of-date programming skills.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
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