Re: Technical and Philosophy

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

Both have some merit.  However think of the steps involved.
1 - Find out what users are using the files.
2 - Get the users out.
3 - Keep them out.

By far, the most draconian method is ENDSBS *ALL *IMMED which brings your 
system into a restricted state.  It's 100% effective, but you may not 
choose to go that route because you may want to allow some processes to 
continue while you deal with a subset of files.

Disabling the user profiles will not get the users out who are already 
using the files.  It will stop new users.  Then again, if you're handling 
a subset you're effectively locking that user out of everything.

If you're a smaller shop then locking the users may not be necessary 
because you could
- attempt to lock the object, 
- if unable because someone else has a lock, find out who they are and end 
their job
- repeat until successful
A larger shop may continuously have people getting back on in between 
those steps and may need to disable related user profiles.

Then you get into minutia about how to handle people who were previously 
disabled, like, you may not want to automatically enable them at the 
completion.

There's a book called "Backup and Recovery Guide" that may be a big 
assistance.  It's rather thick.



Rob Berendt