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Create a Save System Tape

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Readme First

• 'ALL CAPS' and 'lowercase' letters do not matter when keying in the information.  You can type in either one of them.
• You should prep two tapes for the save procedure even if you only use one of them.
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Basic Steps for complete Save/Restore

• Step 1 - Initialize (prep) 2 tapes
  Approximate time for this step is 10 minutes.
   
• Step 2 - Save the data
  Approximate time for this step is 2-5 hours.
   
• Step 3 - Restore the data (if rebuilding)
  Approximate time for this step is 2-5 hours.

Step 1 - Initialize Tapes

Please note that either of these methods will work.  It doesn't matter whether you initialize from menu MP 1, 15 or a command line.

Initialize from the menu method

• Go to MENU MP 1 (End of Day)
• Select option 16 (Initialize a tape)
• Change the following then press ENTER.
  
  • Check for active files to *NO
  • Tape Density *CTGTYPE
• If you get an error message call IBS
• If the process completed successfully continue to step 2

Initialize from a command line

• type in the following on a command line (you can copy and paste from command from below)

  INZTAP DEV(TC) NEWVOL(IBMIRD) CHECK(*NO) DENSITY(*CTGTYPE)

• If you get an error message call IBS
• If the process completed successfully continue to step 2

Step 2 - Save the system

• Sign everyone off the system
• Check your system inactive job timeout.
  • type wrksysval qinactitv then press ENTER.
  • type a '2' (Change) then press ENTER.
  • Change the value to *none if it is currently set to anything else.  If the value for QINACTITV is other than *NONE, the workstation will vary off in the amount of time specified. If you changed the value to *NONE, write the old value down.
• Go to the system console 'W1' and continue all other steps from there. 
  YOU CANNOT PROCEED IF YOU ARE NOT ON THE SYSTEM CONSOLE!
• Put the 1st tape you initialized from Step 1 into the tape drive then close the drive door
• Go to Display Session 'W1' on the console
• Sign on as 'QSECOFR'
  • if you are unsure how to signon as QSECOFR then call IBS
• on the command line type 'go save' then press ENTER
  
• Select option 21 (page down if you want to see it) and press ENTER.
• When the alert message screen prompts press ENTER.
  
• Key in the following fields then press ENTER.
  • Tape device --> tc
  • Prompt for commands --> n (no)
  • Message queue deliver --> *notify
    
• If an error message appears or the system put you back to a command line within 10 minutes call IBS
• If the system completes successfully the message 'SAVE OR RESTORE COMMAND COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY' will display below the command line.

 

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