Comments on: Saving Spool Files, and Restoring Spool Files in AS/400 iSeries http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/saving-spool-files-and-restoring-spool-fils/ Wed, 22 May 2013 14:10:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: rayj1031 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/saving-spool-files-and-restoring-spool-fils/#comment-105428 rayj1031 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:35:41 +0000 #comment-105428 Can the two system connected via TCP/IP? If so, the easies way to move spooled files is to create a remote outq from AS/400 to AS/400. The link below has instructions for creating remote outq’s. Using this method the spooled files can be easily moved from one system to another and they can be easily directed to the appropriate outq on the target system. the concept is that a remote outq delivers the spooled file to the named outq on the target system. So the process of moving a spooled file from system a to system b is to create the remote outq on system a pointing to the appropriate outq on system b, then simply moving the spool files from their current location to the remote outq. Quick, easy and extremely reliable.

]]> By: tomliotta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/saving-spool-files-and-restoring-spool-fils/#comment-105421 tomliotta Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:13:45 +0000 #comment-105421 Do you know of any website link where i can obtain information that OSV5R3 can not save the actual spool file but only spool file information and in effect can not restore any spool file.

The IBM Information Center website says it.

But a website isn’t needed. The RSTOBJ command says it on your system. Show him the <help> text. In part, it says:

  • For job queues, output queues, user-defined message queues, logical files, and data queues, only the object descriptions are restored; the contents of those objects are not restored.

    • No need to go to a website when the restore command says it.

    However, this applies to the system save and restore commands. At V5R3 and earlier, the content of spooled files can be extracted into user spaces. The user spaces can be saved and restored. And spooled file content can be written from restored user spaces. It’s not perfect since the connections between the original job information and the spooled file are lost, as other attributes might be. But you can write programming or purchase a product that does it.

    Tom

]]> By: danmd5systemad http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/saving-spool-files-and-restoring-spool-fils/#comment-105418 danmd5systemad Thu, 29 Mar 2012 06:20:22 +0000 #comment-105418 Do you know of any website link where i can obtain information that OSV5R3 can not save the actual spool file but only spool file information and in effect can not restore any spool file. I need to show this to my boss to convince him that our model 820 w/ OSV5R3MO is limited by OS version and can not save SPOOL file. My boss is mainframe guy and is not convinced that our current iSeries can not save actual spool file. We also don’t have the BRMS installed in our machine. Thanks.

]]> By: wpoulin http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/saving-spool-files-and-restoring-spool-fils/#comment-98516 wpoulin Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:01:31 +0000 #comment-98516 Only issue I see with the SAVOUTQ command is that you need the Save Output Queue product.

Hope this helps,
Bill Poulin

]]> By: hmssl2k http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/saving-spool-files-and-restoring-spool-fils/#comment-98380 hmssl2k Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:19:22 +0000 #comment-98380 Take a look at SAVOUTQ command, it will save the spooled files from an OUTQ

The SAVOUTQ command allows users to archive spool files, prepare
spool files for microfiche, tape or pass spool files to a COLD storage
solution via interfaces provided. This command is valid in both
batch and interactive environments. When executing this command i
a batch environment, the Spool files (SPLF) parameter must be
*ALL.

]]> By: tomliotta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/saving-spool-files-and-restoring-spool-fils/#comment-98343 tomliotta Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:01:18 +0000 #comment-98343 Is this software applicable to the issue i mentioned below where i have a tape backup of the OUTQ file I intend to restore but upon restoration no spool files were included.

It is applicable to the new saving of spooled files.

It is not applicable to previous saves because the spooled files are not in the save in order to be recovered.

Without a product that retrieved the spooled files while they were on the system and that put them in a form that could be saved, they did not get saved at all.

Tom

]]> By: hmssl2k http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/saving-spool-files-and-restoring-spool-fils/#comment-98321 hmssl2k Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:15:14 +0000 #comment-98321 SOQ works great for spool files. We currently use to cleanup, save & restore spool files. Good product.

]]> By: wpoulin http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/saving-spool-files-and-restoring-spool-fils/#comment-98315 wpoulin Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:57:38 +0000 #comment-98315 Dantes,

I am not sure what the original purchase price was, but our annual maitenance fee is $375.
We use it to save spool files to tape, then delete the spool files off the system. If we need them back, they are relatively easy to restore.

Hope this helps,
Bill Poulin

]]> By: rickmcd http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/saving-spool-files-and-restoring-spool-fils/#comment-98306 rickmcd Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:15:39 +0000 #comment-98306 If you are on V5R3 and do a OPT21, SAVSYS or savobj of Outques. It only saves the OUTQ Information. It does not save the actual spool files. If you still have V5R3 Install CD’s you can installBRMS as a 70 Day Trial. BRMS gives you the option of saving spool files.

]]> By: atitus http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/saving-spool-files-and-restoring-spool-fils/#comment-98305 atitus Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:16:37 +0000 #comment-98305 I used Save Your Outq years ago
It was an excellent product
I used it to save all of our spool files on to tape and then I deleted them from our system, when we needed something I just pulled it from the tape.
I would highly recommend it, very easy to use.

Ann

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