Our automation starts the process at 23:59:59 with "W L" followed by starting a job with "S CONSOLE" which writes the syslog to tape GDG (30 levels), prints a copy for our report archival system and is kept for a few years, and then copies the tape to a disk GDG (3 levels). //CONSOLE PROC //* //IEFPROC EXEC PGM=IASXWR00,PARM=PL //IEFRDER DD UNIT=TAPE,VOLUME=(,RETAIN,,2),DISP=(,CATLG), // DSNAME=CONSOLE.DAILY.OUT.TO.TAPE(+1) //* //PRINT EXEC PGM=IEBGENER //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSIN DD DUMMY //SYSUT1 DD DISP=(OLD,PASS),UNIT=TAPE, // DSN=*.IEFPROC.IEFRDER //SYSUT2 DD SYSOUT=U SYSOUT CLASS FOR OUR REPORT ARCHIVAL SYSTEM //* //COPY EXEC PGM=IEBGENER,COND=EVEN //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSIN DD DUMMY //SYSUT1 DD DISP=OLD,DSN=*.IEFPROC.IEFRDER //SYSUT2 DD DISP=(,CATLG),DSN=CONSOLE.DAILY.OUT.TO.DISK(+1), // UNIT=DISK,SPACE=(TRK,(2400,100),RLSE),MGMTCLAS=MNIG9 //*
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 10:45 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Dump management ------------------------------------<snip>------------------------------- We have had several occurrences of needing both dumps and archived syslog/operlog data from several months in the past. As you stated tape is cheap and I would much rather have it and not need it than the reverse. ----------------------------------<unsnip>---------------------------- I'm curious; are you using an automated process to get SYSLOG to tape? We use an automatic command to close the current log and open a new one every night at midnight, but we've never been able to completely automate the process of saving it to tape. Also, we like to keep seven calendar days' worth on the spool, for SDSF searches, etc. If we could save it to tape in a completely automated fashion, and restore to a sequential dataset when needed, our regulators and auditors would be ECSTATIC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
