We use FDR/Upstream and it is extremely flexible and powerful. I can put you in touch with the admin of the system if you'd like. Paul
>>> "Paul Noble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/8/2007 12:38 PM >>> Like probably many of you, we are running a z-series processor (z890). We have one LPAR running z/OS 1.7 (going to 1.9 in the not-too-distant-future), and another LPAR running z/VM 5.2 with a couple of SUSE Linux clients. Our problem has been backups. We have a 3949 Automated tape library and Virtual Tape Server on the z/OS side, but nothing but a couple of stand-alone 3490 drives that can be varied online to either LPAR, on the z/VM side. Presently we do backups by shutting down all the Linux systems, via the Wakeup utility, every night and running backups from the z/OS side. This has many drawbacks, but it works. Recently, I received a brochure from FDR, touting their new backup system, known as Upstream. From reading the brochure, it seems that the main part runs in z/OS, while there are clients that run in each Linux virtual machine. The clients communicate with the main program in z/OS via hipersockets. It allows file-based backups and restores, rather than volume-based backups, as we do now. My question is, does anyone here have any experience with this product? Any comments? On a related note, can anyone direct me to any documentation or Redbooks that explain how to create and use hipersockets in z/VM? I think I understand the 10,000 foot view; hipersockets allow PR/SM to create high-speed data channels for transferring data between LPARS'. I've seen the 1 foot level, in the form of the RDEVICE statemtent in the System COnfig file. I'm looking for something in the 10-100 foot level; All the steps, in some, but not excruciating, detail, that are necessary to create and use hipersockets. We already have several defined in our IOCS, but neither z/OS or z/VM is set up to use them. Thanks, Paul Noble, Systems Programmer Cuyahoga County Information Service Center ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ************************************ This email may contain privileged and/or confidential information that is intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient or entity, you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing or using any of the information contained in the transmission. If you received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and destroy the material in its entirety, whether electronic or hard copy. This communication may contain nonpublic personal information about consumers subject to the restrictions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. You may not directly or indirectly reuse or disclose such information for any purpose other than to provide the services for which you are receiving the information. There are risks associated with the use of electronic transmission. The sender of this information does not control the method of transmittal or service providers and assumes no duty or obligation for the security, receipt, or third party interception of this transmission. ************************************ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
