Re: Commitment Control (was: Modernizing applications (was: Explaining single level store tonon ipeople))

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I scan the BRMS log every day for the string "not saved".  Every day.

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:11 PM, Evan Harris<spanner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Rob
>
> Agreed about the problems and effects of SYNCLIB(*SYSDFN).
>
> In all of the situations I have seen people using this it has been a lack of
> understanding about:
> - what it really means in terms of recovery
> - and/or no knowledge of how data relationships affect the recovery process.
>
>
> Generally speaking people see this as an easy way to tick the "backup ran
> successfully" box, even if, as you point out, the backup is all but useless
> for recovery.
>
> Nearly as bad as the people who ignore the "1 object not saved" message on
> the basis that "it's only 1 object, right ?"
>
> Regards
> Evan Harris
>
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> Subject: Re: Commitment Control (was: Modernizing applications (was:
> Explaining single level store tonon ipeople))
>
> Keep pounding Lukas.  We chipped away a little.  He saw it a little, and
> then blew it by saying that his programming ensures they are all written
> out together.
>
> I'm saying not just system crashes.  There's also the people who insist on
> SAVACT(*SYSDFN).  In theory they could save the orderheader out of sync
> with the orderline file.  These people cross their fingers that they never
> have to restore from this - like us.  All they care is that people can
> still work when a save is running.  The save doesn't really have to be
> useful.
>
> Rob Berendt
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