Re: Backup strategy

[Al Mac <macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I go into WRKUSRJOB F10 SBS QSYSWRK then scroll to very bottom and kill all 
the Q1 jobs.  They get restarted the next time we have a GO POWER restart.

I think Windows SAVE options are GREAT.  The problem is in the RESTORE.
On multiple occasions I have given up on trying to recover some Windows 
based application from the alleged backup ... I have to reinstall the 
******* application, by which time it is at a new version, which means 
incompatibility with the format of the backup ... what's needed at that 
point is a recovery process that recognizes both that there are version 
upgrades and that there is a need for backup restore that works.

I have on occasion needed to do a RESTORE/400.
It is a pain in the neck only because I only have to do it every few years.
In other words, every time I have to do a restore from backup, it is 
several years since the last time I did it.  Stuff falls out of my brain 
with respect to particulars of doing it right.  I need a backup restore 
from my brain from the last time I did a basckup restore/400.

> We're currently reviewing our backup strategy.
> What I would be interested to hear is how other shops handle the QUSRSYS
> library.
>
> - Do you back it up as part of your nightly saves?
> - If not, how often do you back it up?
> - How do you back it up?
>      (e.g. SAVE21 only, SWA, or shutting down everything holding locks
> within it, then SAVLIB)?
>
> Somewhat related: Job Q1PSCH (PM/400 scheduler) is holding a lock
> within QUSRSYS. Is there an easy way to stop/start this job for backup
> purposes?
>
> Thanks,
> Moe