Scott, You don't need Copy Services Manager, you just need a storage subsystem capable and enabled for Global Mirror, which is independent and outside of any operating system. z/VM disks can be part of a consistency group, just as VSE, z/OS, Linux or TPF disks can.
Sam Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Scott Rohling <scott.rohl...@gmail.com> Date: 11/11/16 08:20 (GMT-07:00) To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: zLinux backup solutions While z/VM can't use consistency groups -- z/OS and zLinux can with CSM (Copy Services Manager) .... I'm currently involved in a project where we have this running on a zLinux guest to be able to flash with consistency groups. Scott Rohling On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 6:35 AM, Alan Altmark <alan_altm...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > On Thursday, 11/10/2016 at 09:12 GMT, "Ponte, Douglas C. (JMD)" > <douglas.c.po...@usdoj.gov> wrote: > > Fullpack volume backups ---- can be run daily, weekly and monthly, using > JCL with automation tools > > (existing on z/OS already, e.g. BMC Control-M or Tivoli Automation). > This should be done with all > > z/VM and zLinux volumes. > > > > In the full volume backup cases, stopping/shutting down is not always > necessary, albeit it may be > > good practice to at least quiesce when it comes to DB?s and heavy use > servers. (e.g. DB2, Oracle, > > etc) > > WARNING: To do this reliably, you need software that is capable of > establishing an I/O consistency group. If you want to FLASHCOPY the > volumes and sequentially backup the volume copies, that's ok, but do NOT > just sequentially copy the live volumes of a running z/VM system. (If you > wouldn't do it to a running z/OS system, don't do it to any other system.) > This process is intimately tied to your DR strategy, too, so get it > right. > > If you have databases, use the backup software for the database. If > you're using hardware replication, be sure that it's supported by the > database vendor. > > Some people take a too-casual approach to backups and DR. I too often > hear "Don't worry, I'm doing it from z/OS." as though z/OS has magical > powers over z/VM and Linux. Don't fall into that trap. That way there be > dragons. > > Alan Altmark > > Senior Managing z/VM and Linux Consultant > Lab Services System z Delivery Practice > IBM Systems & Technology Group > ibm.com/systems/services/labservices > office: 607.429.3323 > mobile; 607.321.7556 > alan_altm...@us.ibm.com > IBM Endicott > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
