There are *some* SFS tools/products, some are free, some are not. - CA sells VM:Backup, which makes backups and restores pretty much a no-brainer. - IBM's new IBM Backup and Restore Manager for z/VM, should do much the same. - Safe Software sells SafeSFS, which reduces the GRANT complexity to the absolute minimum that even an inexperience user can understand - and speeds backups/restores because there are so many less authorizations required. - Tools on the IBM VM Download page. (SFSULIST is one of my favorites).
This is NOT a comprehensive list. No offense meant to those not included. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. "David Boyes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> 05/02/2007 10:09 AM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: Link Multiple Write safely > I'd second (third?) the notion that SFS is the right answer, and should be > workable; I'd be interested to hear the reasons why it's not (boy, that > sounds challenging, but I mean it as a straight question!) SFS is the right answer, but it does impose a bunch of caveats. The biggest downside is that SFS breaks the ability to do good backups using simple tools (eg, DDR), and is administratively orders of magnitude more complex than minidisks if all you run VM for is to support Linux. Observing new shops, J Random VM Newbie *will* screw up SFS administration and lose data -- the tools aren't there to let someone with little VM experience successfully manage SFS. The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited.
