> Relying on home-grown, unsupported tools is probably not > something anyone wants to do when considering a long-term > career. :-)
Oh I wouldn't go quite that far. We have been running our home grown CMS backup system for about 19 years now. It isn't too complicated, just a series of LINK, ACCESS, & VMFPLC2 DUMP commands. And it is very reliable too. We keep our yearly generations for 10 years and I can still easily recover a single file from any minidisk on those tapes. And only 143 lines in the EXEC, with 20 or so of them being comments!! I do agree that given the proper dollars in the budget, a purchased, supported package would be a much better choice. But back in the VM/SP 6 days, a CMS backup solution was very expensive for a little bitty 8 MIP, 4381 shop. So I did what I had to do, write some code and save some money. It isn't perfect, but as I said before, the price was right. Ed Zell Illinois Mutual Life (309) 674-8255 x-107 . CONFIDENTIALITY: This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information, and unauthorized disclosure or use is prohibited. If you receive this e-mail in error, notify the sender and delete this e-mail from your system.
