Rick Fochtman wrote: > ------------------------------------<snip>------------------------------- > We have had several occurrences of needing both dumps and archived > syslog/operlog data from several months in the past. As you stated > tape is cheap and I would much rather have it and not need it than the > reverse. > ----------------------------------<unsnip>---------------------------- > I'm curious; are you using an automated process to get SYSLOG to tape? > We use an automatic command to close the current log and open a new > one every night at midnight, but we've never been able to completely > automate the process of saving it to tape. Also, we like to keep seven > calendar days' worth on the spool, for SDSF searches, etc. If we could > save it to tape in a completely automated fashion, and restore to a > sequential dataset when needed, our regulators and auditors would be > ECSTATIC. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > We use a combination of IBM's operlog "write to dataset", which I modified slightly to send each days operlog to DASD and then HSM automatically migrates it to tape based on its management class.
Our automated operations package starts the process going five minutes prior to midnight by issuing a start command for this procedure; //OPERLOG PROC //SSS EXEC PGM=IEAMDBLG, // PARM='COPY(>0),DELETE(>0),HCFORMAT(CENTURY)' //STEPLIB DD DSN=TECHSVC.TECHNAPF.LOADLIB,DISP=SHR //SYSLOG DD DSN=MVSISV.OPERLOG.D&LYYMMDD., // DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE), // DCB=BLKSIZE=22880, // SPACE=(134,(2,1),RLSE),AVGREC=M, // DATACLAS=PSSTRIPE, // RETPD=180 The dataset gets allocated with todays date, but my modification to IEAMDBLG just added a wait for ten minutes so it actually begins writing yesterdays operlog data at 12:05 AM. -- Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Tampa, FL ---- When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for the Jews, I remained silent; I wasn't a Jew. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out. Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
