Re: Is this IFS restore actually doing anything?

Jim,
Restoring to a different directory.

Marc,
WRKSYSACT
Total Total SQL
Job or CPU Sync Async CPU
Task User Number Thread Pty Util I/O I/O Util
QPADEV0003 ROB 142878 000009F6 1 .4 5 0 .0
HTTP QNOTES 141141 0000072A 20 .3 0 0 .0
RMTMSAFETA 0 .2 0 0 .0
QUMEPRVAGT QSECOFR 966316 00000004 50 .2 0 0 .0
SLMONSTR QZRDSRMOWN 976993 00000003 50 .1 39 2 .0
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On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM Jim Oberholtzer <
midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I’ve never seen tape file I/O updated. Potentially locks on the file
and/or directory structure?


Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects

On Aug 29, 2025, at 11:36 AM, Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

Power 9. SSDs. Fast VTL. Save traditionally takes 42 minutes
Date sent Time sent Message
8/28/25 19:30:01 Begin processing for control group TUE_SUN type *BKU.
8/28/25 20:12:34 Control group TUE_SUN type *BKU processing is

complete.

Trying to restore one IFS file, not that big (well when you think of the
system as a whole that saves in under 45 minutes).
Size of object data in bytes . . . . . : 67046473728
Allocated size of object . . . . . . . : 67075309568

Started about 10:35:34. It's now 12:34. Two hours.

Do the TAP files ever get updated during a restore?
Member/ Record File I/O
File Library Device Format Type Count
...
QD1A1RCY QBRM QPADEV0002 SUBFILE DSP 15
QA1ADV QUSRBRM QA1ADV PHY 0
QA1ADI2 QUSRBRM QA1ADI2 QA1ADI2R PHY 1
QA1ALI2 QUSRBRM QA1ALI2 QA1ALI2R PHY 1
QSYSTAP QSYS TAP 0
QSYSTAP QSYS TAP 0
QSYSTAP QSYS TAP 0
QSYSTAP QSYS TAP 0
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