OK, have never used SPXTAPE so after looking at manual, is this right? SPX DUMP 181 SPOOL ALL
and this will get all standard spool files and system files. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/8/2007 12:10 PM >>> Don't worry about the clarity of your postings, we all need to refine our= descriptions through repetition. Okay, you are running maintenance on first-level and you do not have a CMS or minidisk level product to backup= your allocations. Figuring out what minidisks VMSES will use for any particular component is possible via the PPF and the user directory, but = is too detailed for what you want to do. You want to run one quick process t= o backup everything, then apply maintenance and if necessary run one proces= s to restore everything. We can't quite give you that yet. But Tom Huegel has it right. A two part= process, one part to backup your entire DASD subsystem (510RES, 510W01, 510W02, 510Wxx, etc). Do not backup the page or spool volumes with DDR. T= he second part is to backup all of the SPOOL files using the SPXTAPE command= . When you do have to restore back to this point-in-time, you can use DDR standalone to restore the DASD, then IPL and do a CLEAN NOAUTOLOG start. = At this point, you can be on OPERATOR, mount the tape containing your SPXTAP= E backup and use SPXTAPE LOAD to restore all the files, and then shutdown reipl to restart your restored system. /Tom Kern /301-903-2211 On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 11:33:58 -0500, Anne Crabtree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = wrote: >I would be applying on a first level system. I have no idea what minidi= sks are affected. I've only done maintenance twice, once the long way (with = IBM here and it was no picnic) and the second time where it was a complete me= ss. >Can I use DDRXA and just backup 510RES and 510SPL? Will that be good enough? If there are problems, can I restore both and be ok? Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear enough!
