Re: Where do I learn about SAN backup?

[PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

VERY cool!

And, as Ken said, No SAV/RST!

Nicest thing about the V7000 with a separate flash appliance and the 
V9000-- An option/21 backup EVERY DAY!!!!

--Paul E Musselman




At 9:35 PM -0400 8/30/17, DrFranken wrote:
> OK thats 'Cheating' and is a SAN function not an IBM i function. :-(
>
> Still cool though. :-)
>
>         - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis
>
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> On 8/30/2017 8:40 PM, PaulMmn wrote:
> > That's what we did--  the V7000 behind the V9000 until all the data 
> > was copied, then the V7000 went away.
> >
> > -Paul E Musselman
> >
> > .
> >
> >
> > At 8:30 PM -0400 8/30/17, DrFranken wrote:
> > > Would be a rather cool thing to know! We have always had to go to 
> > > DST to copy the load source. Unless they put the V7000 behind the 
> > > V9000 and the SAN actually did all the work, not IBM i.
> > >
> > >         - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis
> > >
> > > www.Frankeni.com
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> > >
> > > On 8/30/2017 7:54 PM, PaulMmn wrote:
> > > > Dear Doctor--
> > > >
> > > > We moved from a V7000 to a V9000.  Our business partner worked 
> > > > some magic and the load source moved along with all of the other 
> > > > data...
> > > >
> > > > IIRC, there's a magic flag you set in one of the extents.
> > > >
> > > > --Paul E Musselman
> > > >
> > > > .
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > At 7:20 PM -0400 8/30/17, DrFranken wrote:
> > > > > How did you copy the load source?
> > > > >
> > > > >         - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis
> > > > >
> > > > > www.Frankeni.com
> > > > > www.iDevCloud.com - Personal Development IBM i timeshare service.
> > > > > www.iInTheCloud.com - Commercial IBM i Cloud Hosting.
> > > > >
> > > > > On 8/30/2017 5:14 PM, Graap, Kenneth wrote:
> > > > > > One of the big benefits of transitioning from internal disk to 
> > > > > > V7000 SAN disk on our iSeries, was that we didn't need any 
> > > > > > downtime as we migrated data from the old disk to the new SAN 
> > > > > > disk.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We just configured and mapped a bunch of V7000 SAN disk to our 
> > > > > > iSeries, and using SST, added them to the ASP (in this case 
> > > > > > ASP1 - *SYSBAS) and then started removing the internal disk 
> > > > > > from the disk configuration. As the internal disk were removed, 
> > > > > > all the data on them was automatically migrated to the SAN 
> > > > > > disk. We did this slowly over a few days, but there was not a 
> > > > > > second of downtime for our applications as this was being done!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Best part, no need for SAV/RST...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Reply or Forwarded mail from: Kenneth E Graap