RE: SAVE menu option 21...safe with LPAR and IxS?

["Bruce Barrett" <bruce.barrett@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can safely IPL the primary partition of an LPARd system, if you do
not IPL that partition.  We schedule the full option 21 backup of or
LPAR during the day.  The other 5 partitions just run along fine.
The only time you need to be concerned is when you IPL the primary
partition to apply PTFs.


Bruce Barrett


-----Original Message-----
From: CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 10:57 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: SAVE menu option 21...safe with LPAR and IxS?

Trying to decide if it is ok to run a SAVE menu option 21 on the primary
partition of an LPAR'd system without manually bring down the other
partitions first.  We also have an IxS installed, but that should be
safely
taken care of by the "Vary off Network Servers Option" correct?

Assuming Save menu option 21 does safely shut down the other partitions
(all
OS/400); is it possible to make use same routine in my own CL  program.
For
that matter, is there any way to make use of the "Vary off Network
Servers"
option?

I've long-used a custom version of QMNSRBND on a non-LPAR'd system.  But
I'm
wondering about using the same code on an LPAR'd box.  Also, I have a
need
for a CL that simply waits till a set time an does a PWRDWNSYS
RESTART(*YES)
IPLSRC(B).  I was looking at the QMNSRBND for shutdown code examples.
Thus,
the question about using IBM routines for shutdown of the IxS and the
other
partitions.


Thanks in advance,
Charles Wilt
  
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