Comments on: Programs can?t get a lock during backup http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/programs-cant-get-a-lock-during-backup/ Wed, 22 May 2013 14:10:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: chigui http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/programs-cant-get-a-lock-during-backup/#comment-47382 chigui Sun, 05 Mar 2006 08:51:44 +0000 #comment-47382 If you are using a SAVE-WHILE-ACTIVE command to do your back-up, it will lock-up the library you are backing up while this library it is being backed up; therefore anny application trying to use any files in those libraries will not work at that point of time.

Like the other guy said, it is better to end all subsystems before running your back-up but i understand that it would be hard to do if you have a 24-hour operation shop.

I believe that you can do a save-while-active to a physical save file, and then later on the day, you can write that file to tape. That would make your back-up run faster, and te applications would be down for a smaller period of time. You just have to make sure you have enough space in your system resources to do so.

Hope that helps.

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