Thanks all for your various way of tracking the changes made to VSAM. Infact DAF is an awesome Option !!!
Peter On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 6:39 PM, McKown, John <[email protected]>wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Donald Likens > > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 6:24 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: VSAM tracking > > > > Do you want to track when the VSAM file is updated and by who > > is doing it (MEAS can do this > > http://www.infosecinc.com/meas.php). If you want to see the > > before and after image of the records, I am not sure how to do that. > > We track updates to VSAM records within specific datasets using a product > called CA-FileSave to get before and after images of VSAM records. > > http://www.ca.com/us/products/detail/ca-filesave-rcs-automated-recovery.aspx > We do this because we take a DR backup IN THE MIDST OF CYCLE PROCESSING. > We simply cannot take the time to needed to do the backup after cycle is > complete. The file is not in use at the time of the backup, but the backups > of various files are not in sync. CA-FileSave logs the before and after > images. So we can restore the backups (which are not in sync) and apply the > CA-FileSave logs to get an end of cycle synchronized image of all files. > It's tacky, but it does work for us. > > Personally, I don't like it. But management doesn't really care what I > like or don't like. > > -- > John McKown > Systems Engineer IV > IT > > Administrative Services Group > > HealthMarkets(r) > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > (817) 255-3225 phone * > [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or > proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and > issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake > Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of > TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
