Back in the Y2K frenzy, we set up our "Time Machine" by using FlashCopy (actually SNAP, since it was a good ol' RVA) and it worked quite well. The first step was to rename the offline target pack(s), vary it on, then we SNAPped the source volume(s), which automagically varied the target back to offline (duplicate volid) and done. This was done, several times a week, sometimes twice or thrice a day, and even some packs were dumped to tape to preserve the same data, etc.
The only caveat would be to make sure that the "source" LPAR should have all the addresses of the "target" LPAR offline to prevent the duplicate volume messages. Since our target was basically a clone of the production LPAR, including user catalogs and the such, with minor changes to the tape environment, of course, it was akin to running it in the production environment. HTH Frank -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Bielefeld Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 12:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Info on Setting Up an Lpar for Flashcopy Greg, The backup (Flash) will be done from the production Lpar. Because all the volsers on the backup copies are the same, we want to do the backups to tape on a separate lpar. I haven't worked with flashcopy before, so there may be something I am missing. Eric ---- Greg Shirey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Eric, > > Why do you want to do the backup (dump?) from a separate LPAR, if I may > ask? > > Greg Shirey > Ben E. Keith Company > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Eric Bielefeld > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 9:59 AM > > We just installed a new Shark DS8100 with Flashcopy. I was looking for > information on setting up an Lpar to copy all of the Flashed disks to > tape. We back up all of our DASD every week. We would like to be able > to mount the flashed copies in a separate Lpar using the same volsers as > the original, and then back them up. I have searched for documentation > on setting up Lpars to do just that, and haven't found anything. We > want a simple Lpar, if possible using a one pack system. We use Zara > for tape management. -- Eric Bielefeld Systems Programmer Washington University St Louis, Missouri 314-935-3418 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
