Re: Image Catalog over NFS

Le 11/12/2024 à 21:27, Patrik Schindler a écrit :

For example if you find you need to regen the BOOTP directory contents but all you have is the images on Linux, then you may be stuck.

That's why I feel backups should be automated. Including secondary measures like ensuring boot stuff is current.

Some ideas about this topic:

- regarding SAVSYS automation, in place of SAVE menu option 21, you can use the capability to run a job in batch restricted state: in your CL program which does the SAVSYS, include ENDSBS SBS(*ALL) BCHTIMLMT(somevalue). This job can be scheduled just like any other, but must run in the controlling subsystem; checkout https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.3?topic=ssw_ibm_i_73/cl/endsbs.html and https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/running-full-system-save-or-savsys-restricted-state-batch

- regarding BOOTP stuff, at the end of your program, you could try to run the VFYIMGCLG TYPE(*UPGRADE) NFSSHR(*YES) command; conditions exist regarding the content of image catalog in order for the restore to succeed, checkout https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.3?topic=ssw_ibm_i_73/cl/vfyimgclg.html

The first item works as it is used by BRMS. For the second one, this is just an idea and never tried it (and I don't have a position where I can test it!).