Re: Replicating Data Between IBM i Prod and Dev

[eric bothes <iseriesstuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rob, how to you handle IFS stuff?

On 9/27/2024 4:48 PM, Robert Rogerson wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> The approach taken at one customer I've worked at is that every Sunday
> morning they restore all the data from the last production backup (which is
> still on site) to the development environment.  This is only data libs.
>
> Then they have programs that run that reduce/delete data that is not really
> needed in dev.
> It works pretty good as often you can test/debug with data that is only a
> week old in dev.
>
> Rob
>
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 4:35 PM Richard Schoen <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > HI All,
> >
> > Customer wants to regularly refresh data between Production and Dev
> > systems.  (Once every few weeks be able to refresh)
> >
> > Please give me some ideas on best practices.
> >
> > I can think of:
> > -Replication software. (Probably the MOST up to date)
> > -Save/restore libraries between systems with save files
> > -Use DDM files to move data.
> >
> > Please share your strategies to keep test data relatively fresh on your
> > dev systems.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Richard Schoen
> > Web: http://www.richardschoen.net<http://www.richardschoen.net/>
> > Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
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