FDR DSF --> bring down the VM LPAR.
FDR Upstream --> backup while the server is alive.
pretty much what we are doing for now
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Jerry,
Thanks. This is exactly what I am looking for. More NEWSGROUPS - :-D
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>Lizette,
> You can back up the disks from z/VM or z/OS but the Linux data will not
>be consistent if the Linux guest is active as Linux caches writes in
>memory. We back up the guests with z/VM tools to provide a bare metal
>restore of the disk layout and then use tools within Linux to restore
>the data. (Equally we use Linux backup tools (Netbackup in this case) to
>take Linux centric backups).
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>On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 15:52 -0400, Lizette Koehler wrote:
>> We are planning a Linux Partition under z/VM. I have been reading a lot
of manuals and articles.
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>> My question is - Do you backup the volumes for Linux from the mainframe
side - using something like FDR INSTANT? Or is there a more preferred way
to backup Linux volumes?
>>
>> Lizette
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