On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 12:20, Scorch Burnet wrote: > We would like to use z/OS flashcopy and FDR on our z/OS LPAR to take > full pack dumps of the z/VM disks. These tapes would then be used to > restore our system at a remote site. In z/OS, we must QUIESCE the HFS > (USS) files prior to running the flashcopy in order to get a clean, > useable copy. I am wondering if we can get good flashcopy of the z/VM > disks while the Linux images are active.
No. The right way to get the flashcopy is to halt them (with SIGNAL SHUTDOWN, for instance) and then get the copy. If you don't mind living dangerously, you could define them with ext3 filesystems, and just flashcopy them. Your journal files will be inconsistent, so you might lose the last few writes, but I think you'd be much less likely to seriously corrupt the FS. Adam ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
