Well, once I needed to restore the CSI and my target SYS1.NUCLEUS dataset. If I didn't have a full backup of everything, I wouldn't have had the nucleus dataset to restore. In short, you're never going to know what you need to restore, so it's a good idea to have everything backed up.
Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get&[email protected] ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Wednesday, July 3, 2019 2:42 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > So, all you chronic backer uppers, how many times have you resorted to > restoring the whole shebang? Just wondering... > > . > . > J.O.Skip Robinson > Southern California Edison Company > Electric Dragon Team Paddler > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager > 323-715-0595 Mobile > 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] On Behalf Of > Allan Staller > Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2019 11:09 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: (External):Re: SMPE ACCEPT options > > It is a common practice to back up everything before the accept. > In my case, the entire SMP/e ENV is on one volume, so I just use df/dss. > > Any method that works for the backup is acceptable. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] On Behalf Of > Bill Giannelli > > Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2019 12:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: SMPE ACCEPT options > > But first!!!!! > Sooooo, before running an accept w/o check, I should backup my CSI? > Should I do that "within" SMPE? Or can I just use idcams to backup my CSI > cluster? > thanks > Bill > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
