I started to use a pool of servers for my Disaster Recovery services with a manager SVM running the RXSERVER code like VMUTIL. I have DDR backup/restore, SFS backup/restore, Volume/Minidisk format/copy, Tape initialization. Once you have the basic functions running, it is so easy to use VM to multiplex the process.
If I had to write a CMSBATCH replacement, pool servers is the way I would go. /Tom Kern /U.S. Dept of Energy /301-903-2211 Tom Rae wrote: > Hi Scott, > > As numerous others have suggested, you should set up VMUTIL to XAUTOLOG > another userid that will execute the long-running EXEC and return > completion information via a mechanism of your choice. My $0.05 worth is > that this is a perfect opportunity to exploit "POOL" userids, which > enable the creation of an arbitrary, and easily changeable, set of > identically configured userids via a single pair of CP Directory INCLUDE > and USER entries.Where permitted by local security rules I routinely set > up my own personal pool of slave userids, which have read access to my > minidisks and write access to my SFS directories, that I use to offload > from my primary userid any task that takes more than a couple of seconds > to run. This can be a great productivity enhancer! > > Regards, > > Tom.
