HSM DASD backup volumes

2009-06-29 Thread Bri P
This is starting to drive me mad.. I have two separate LPARs, each running HSM. I'm as convinced as I can be that both ARCCMD00 decks are the same, certainly as regards to auto backup function anyway. Some months back I tried to do away with directing backups to (virtual) tape, intending to d

HSM DASD Backup volumes

2008-10-06 Thread Bri P
I'm setting up HSM to backup to DASD instead of tape. I can't figure out how best to set up the disks though; whether to have a (increasingly?) large number of daily backup volumes like I did with the tape volumes, or a small amount of daily backup volumes and a (increasingly?) large number of

HSM DASD Backup volumes

2008-11-20 Thread Bri P
Hi all Is it better to have a small number (eg, one per backup task) of daily backup volumes and a large number of spill volumes, or the other way around? TIA Brian - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and s

Re: HSM DASD backup volumes

2009-06-29 Thread Neal Scheffler
Do you have the UNIT parm specified on your DEFINE DUMPCLASS? Neal Bri P wrote: This is starting to drive me mad.. I have two separate LPARs, each running HSM. I'm as convinced as I can be that both ARCCMD00 decks are the same, certainly as regards to auto backup function anyway. Some mont

Re: HSM DASD backup volumes

2009-06-29 Thread Bri P
at the top of my ARCCMD00. Both LPARs are the same in this regard though. Brian -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Neal Scheffler Sent: 29 June 2009 14:09 To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: HSM DASD backup volumes Do yo

Using HSM DASD backup volumes

2009-04-16 Thread Bri P
budget approval, FDR/ABR. Has anyone got any experience, opinions or solutions using HSM DASD backup volumes, especially about any of the following: - it takes much, much longer to run than using tape (around 3-4 hours instead of 45-50 minutes), which surprises me as I thought it would be quicke

Re: HSM DASD Backup volumes

2008-10-06 Thread Traylor, Terry
-5154 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bri P Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 7:10 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: HSM DASD Backup volumes I'm setting up HSM to backup to DASD instead of tape. I can't figure out how

Re: HSM DASD Backup volumes

2008-10-07 Thread Bri P
Thanks Terry -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Traylor, Terry Sent: 06 October 2008 21:14 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: HSM DASD Backup volumes We have a few small z/OS 1.9 images which have no tape access and use HSM

Re: HSM DASD Backup volumes

2008-11-20 Thread Traylor, Terry
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bri P Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 8:54 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: HSM DASD Backup volumes Hi all Is it better to have a small number (eg, one per backup task) of daily backup volumes and a large number of spill volumes, or the other way around

Re: HSM DASD Backup volumes

2008-11-21 Thread Brian Westerman
I don't think it matters much to HSM, but I have always tried to keep the number of spill volumes very low, (if any at all). Sorry I can't provide better information on this, and I think I should know this one, but I can't find anything that says it's a bad thing to do, it just feels bad to me. N

Re: HSM DASD Backup volumes

2008-11-24 Thread Bri P
Brian -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Westerman Sent: 22 November 2008 02:43 To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: HSM DASD Backup volumes I don't think it matters much to HSM, but I have always tried to keep the number

Re: Using HSM DASD backup volumes

2009-04-16 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
)) Dave O'Brien NIH Contractor From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Bri P [pilgrim...@ntlworld.com] Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 4:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Using HSM DASD backup volumes Hi folks I&#x

Re: Using HSM DASD backup volumes

2009-04-16 Thread Bri P
u] On Behalf Of O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C] Sent: 16 April 2009 12:13 To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Using HSM DASD backup volumes What parameter did you use - Markfull or Reuse? If for some reason you feel you need to use Markfull, then you need to recycle on a regular basis to a

Re: Using HSM DASD backup volumes

2009-04-16 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
_ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Bri P [pilgrim...@ntlworld.com] Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 7:36 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Using HSM DASD backup volumes Sorry Dave, I should have made clear that the Spill volumes are DASD volum