Comments on: Message interception during iSeries backup

By: NickHutcheson1

NickHutcheson1 — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:55:17 +0000

WoodEnginee, I like that approach. Fix it before it happens.

By: WoodEngineer

WoodEngineer — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:45:09 +0000

Sorry . . .The code snippit posted differently than it appeared when I keyed it.
Something else you might consider is SndTweet by Kisco. We use it to send a tweet when an error message requiring a reply lands in QSYSOPR. The cool thing about SndTweet is that we can respond to the message via Twitter. Cost is very reasonable. It application runs entirely on the i5 – no separate Wintel servers required.

By: WoodEngineer

WoodEngineer — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:39:52 +0000

To minimize the problem of the tape not loaded, we run a Job Schedule Entry job late in the work day that checks if a tape is loaded. It warns if no tape is found. This is just a the critical part of the code:CHKTAP DEV(&DEV) VOL(*MOUNTED) ENDOPT(*REWIND) MONMSG MSGID(CPF6760 CPF6772) EXEC(DO) /* NO TAPE + IN UNIT */ SNDBRKMSG MSG('** i5: No tape in drive or tape not + initialized **') TOMSGQ(&MSGQ1 &MSGQ2 + &MSGQ3 &MSGQ4) MONMSG MSGID(CPF0000) ENDDO It has saved our bacon a few times.

By: jackli

jackli — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 03:26:00 +0000

If you have no program to monitor the processing error from the night batch job ,I think it’s a huge risk.You can use email or send a call by the modem to the duty guy to response the alert.
For the night backup,we backup the data to a savf first,and then sbmjob to save the savf to tape, if the tape is not ready,you can reply the message in the second day.I think the way by savf is less mistake than directly save to the tape.

By: TomLiotta

TomLiotta — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 02:04:18 +0000

Problem is, that will always be the answer and you will get no second chances.

It should only affect a job that has INQMSGRPY(*SYSRPYL) in effect when the message is sent. And it will only match if the comparison data matches the message data.

Control of those allows the choice of when the system reply list makes a difference.

Tom

By: NickHutcheson1

NickHutcheson1 — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:20:59 +0000

Get the message ID and change the reply list for that message. ADDRPYLE, CHGRPYLE to INZ the tape. Problem is, that will always be the answer and you will get no second chances. You could initialize a tape that should not have been initialized. But, then, it should not have been in the tape drive to be used for the backup.Nick

By: ToddN2000

ToddN2000 — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:24:04 +0000

Why not use a CL with a MONMSG?We had a similar issue here. Some batch jobs would halt after hours and stop the backups from running. All we did to resole was monitor for the messages and if the came up had the system send an e-mail message to the person responsible for the halt or backups so they could resolve it.

By: TomLiotta

TomLiotta — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 02:50:08 +0000

What would you do if you caught a message? Hundreds of different messages might show up. — Tom