Re: restoring data file and program

[Tom Jedrzejewicz <tomjedrz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/18/05, Dwayne Allison <Dwayne.Allison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Good Morning,
>
> We have three AS/400 boxes, one is our test box where we do our
> developing and testing.  The other is our Production box where we
> promote our approved program and data.  Recently we add a third box,
> which is our Production box, that is a picture of our Production at
> Month end.

This seems like overkill .. why not just have a separate library on
the production box for the monthend data?

>
> What will happen if we backup our PRODUCTION box on the last day of the
> month and Restored our physical files libraries, but not our program
> file libraries?  We're modifying and add new program daily.

In theory it should work, but I suggest doing the files and programs
at the same time.  Typically the object libraries are substantially
smaller than the data libraries, and programs restore more easily than
files.

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Tom Jedrzejewicz
tomjedrz@xxxxxxxxx