Thanks to all that replied. Since I got home, and looked at a bunch of emails, I'll just reply to this one. Don - I put in a request on your internet site for more information. I'll also call FDR and get info on their product. I suspect that unless these products are really inexpensive that we won't get either one.
One of the things that no one picked up on, in my original post quoted below, I wanted some help with setting up the Lpar to do this. I have questions about what needs to be in the system. My boss wants a 1 pack system. We run a basic sysplex in ring mode with only 2 lpars since we don't have a coupling facility or processor, and definitely don't want to spend the money for one. I know I would need Zara, our tape manager, and I would need access to the catalog that the output tapes are created on. I've built RESCUE systems before, and still have my JCL, but those systems were mostly for IPLing and correcting parmlib members, etc. I didn't even have a tape management system on it. Any concerns for building this type of system would be appreciated. Eric On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:24:44 -0500, Don Bolton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Eric, > >If you would like to automate the flash and backup process please review the >link below. Opentech Systems has automated this process for many of our >customers whether you want to process the volumes online or offline with our >DASD Backup Supervisor product. > >http://www.opentechsystems.com/dbs.php > >Regards, >Don > >Don Bolton >Director Technical Services >www.OpentechSystems.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >Of Eric Bielefeld >Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 9:59 AM >To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU >Subject: Info on Setting Up an Lpar for Flashcopy > >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 >-- >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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
