As400 files – a basic question from a newbie
I know this is going to sound silly – a file has a format/formats. What is a ‘member’?
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| December 23, 2009 3:16 AM
AS/400, Backup & recovery, CLP, DataCenter, Printing, RPG, RPGLE, Web development
I know this is going to sound silly – a file has a format/formats. What is a ‘member’?
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| December 23, 2009 3:16 AM
AS/400, Backup & recovery, CLP, DataCenter, Printing, RPG, RPGLE, Web development
Open File Backups
Can anyone recommend an open file backup program (other than St. Bernard Open File Manager) that will work with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager? The environment is Windows 2000/2003 clusters using SAN, NAS, DAS with basic/dynamic disks and simple and spanned volumes. Any input will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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| September 5, 2008 5:17 PM
Backup & recovery, IBM Tivoli, NAS, Open file backups, SAN, Storage management, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003
Can anyone recommend an open file backup program (other than St. Bernard Open File Manager) that will work with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager? The environment is Windows 2000/2003 clusters using SAN, NAS, DAS with basic/dynamic disks and simple and spanned volumes. Any input will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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| September 5, 2008 5:17 PM
Backup & recovery, IBM Tivoli, NAS, Open file backups, SAN, Storage management, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003
CL AS400 iSeries ILE Retrieve Source
Is there any way to retrieve source for an ILE CL program? I’m looking for a function equivalent to the RTVCLSRC command we use for retrieving the source for a CLP ?
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| January 6, 2011 9:31 AM
Application development, AS/400, Backup & recovery, CLP, DataCenter, RPG, RPGLE
Is there any way to retrieve source for an ILE CL program? I’m looking for a function equivalent to the RTVCLSRC command we use for retrieving the source for a CLP ?
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| January 6, 2011 9:31 AM
Application development, AS/400, Backup & recovery, CLP, DataCenter, RPG, RPGLE
Journal
How can i retrieve a record from a journal so that i can update the said record to another physical file. Because i want to retrieve the record created or updated from the journal so that i can update the other file. Thank you.
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| December 12, 2010 9:55 PM
Application development, AS/400, Backup & recovery, CLP, RPG, RPGLE
How can i retrieve a record from a journal so that i can update the said record to another physical file. Because i want to retrieve the record created or updated from the journal so that i can update the other file. Thank you.
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| December 12, 2010 9:55 PM
Application development, AS/400, Backup & recovery, CLP, RPG, RPGLE
error in connection between oracle8i&developer2000
I’m installing Oracle8i on Windows 2000 professional on NTFS partition and on the same machine I’m installing Developer 2000 or form6 in a different partition. When I try to connect Developer to Oracle, I get the error “TNS could not resolve.” Please provide a solution. Can I use Oracle8i Enterprise and Developer 2000 on the [...]
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| February 4, 2009 4:46 AM
Architecture/Design, Availability, Backup & recovery, Database, DB2, Desktops, Interoperability, Management, Microsoft Windows, Oracle, Oracle 8i, Oracle administration, OS, Performance/Tuning, Servers, Software, SQL, SQL Server
I’m installing Oracle8i on Windows 2000 professional on NTFS partition and on the same machine I’m installing Developer 2000 or form6 in a different partition. When I try to connect Developer to Oracle, I get the error “TNS could not resolve.” Please provide a solution. Can I use Oracle8i Enterprise and Developer 2000 on the [...]
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| February 4, 2009 4:46 AM
Architecture/Design, Availability, Backup & recovery, Database, DB2, Desktops, Interoperability, Management, Microsoft Windows, Oracle, Oracle 8i, Oracle administration, OS, Performance/Tuning, Servers, Software, SQL, SQL Server
clear physical file member question
is it possible for me to only clear certain records of a physical while leaving certain records available? I have a file with thousands of records, but I only need the records starting with a certain date. How can I delete everything prior to the date that i need with out totally wiping out the [...]
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| December 17, 2009 9:25 AM
Application development, AS/400, Backup & recovery, CLP, DataCenter, RPG, Security
is it possible for me to only clear certain records of a physical while leaving certain records available? I have a file with thousands of records, but I only need the records starting with a certain date. How can I delete everything prior to the date that i need with out totally wiping out the [...]
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| December 17, 2009 9:25 AM
Application development, AS/400, Backup & recovery, CLP, DataCenter, RPG, Security
IBM TS7740 Virtualization Engine
Does anyone know what IBM disk controller or disk array is integrated as the disk buffer into their recently announced TS7740 enterprise tape virtualization solution?
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| September 13, 2006 6:12 PM
Arrays, Backup & recovery, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Tape drives/Libraries
Does anyone know what IBM disk controller or disk array is integrated as the disk buffer into their recently announced TS7740 enterprise tape virtualization solution?
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| September 13, 2006 6:12 PM
Arrays, Backup & recovery, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Tape drives/Libraries
Tape autoloaders for medium sized business.
We’re a relativly small company (about 80 employees), but due to our business model we’re rather heavy on the IT side with about 20 servers including file/print servers, Exchange, SQL and Web-servers. We currently use an online backup solutions provider, we do a full backup once a week and incremental backups nightly. This solution tends [...]
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| September 18, 2006 3:51 PM
Backup & recovery
We’re a relativly small company (about 80 employees), but due to our business model we’re rather heavy on the IT side with about 20 servers including file/print servers, Exchange, SQL and Web-servers. We currently use an online backup solutions provider, we do a full backup once a week and incremental backups nightly. This solution tends [...]
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| September 18, 2006 3:51 PM
Backup & recovery
Restoring from a full Sys backup to another as400
I need to restore / build a redundant 400 using the SYS backup from the source machine. The OS is the same V5R2, although the PTF levels are not. Isn;t there a particular library sequence that must be followed on the restore?
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| September 8, 2006 12:29 PM
Backup & recovery
I need to restore / build a redundant 400 using the SYS backup from the source machine. The OS is the same V5R2, although the PTF levels are not. Isn;t there a particular library sequence that must be followed on the restore?
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| September 8, 2006 12:29 PM
Backup & recovery
BRMS – *USRMLB – *MEDCLS question.
I have a problem using BRMS and a Tape Library defined as *USRMLD. I configured a *USRMLB and I defined 4 drives within this MLB. In my System Policy, I defined *MEDCLS as device to use. With V5R2, it was working when I was running 2 concurrent backup jobs from the same AS/400; the 1st [...]
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| September 29, 2006 5:10 AM
AS/400, Backup & recovery, DataCenter, IBM, Storage
I have a problem using BRMS and a Tape Library defined as *USRMLD. I configured a *USRMLB and I defined 4 drives within this MLB. In my System Policy, I defined *MEDCLS as device to use. With V5R2, it was working when I was running 2 concurrent backup jobs from the same AS/400; the 1st [...]
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| September 29, 2006 5:10 AM
AS/400, Backup & recovery, DataCenter, IBM, Storage
SQL Backup File Issue
Hello, I am implementing a backup procedure for our SQL databases running Microsoft SQL Server 2000 ? 8.00.2039 on Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition. I have done so through a DB maintenance job. I am saving the backup as a file to a custom location on the same server. I also have the job verify [...]
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| February 3, 2009 10:16 AM
Backup & recovery, SQL Server, SQL Server backup, Storage
Hello, I am implementing a backup procedure for our SQL databases running Microsoft SQL Server 2000 ? 8.00.2039 on Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition. I have done so through a DB maintenance job. I am saving the backup as a file to a custom location on the same server. I also have the job verify [...]
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| February 3, 2009 10:16 AM
Backup & recovery, SQL Server, SQL Server backup, Storage
Backup multiple servers to one DAT drive?
Is it possible to backup multiple servers to one DAT tape drive? We are looking into purchasing a 400/800GB external PowerVault 110T. It is a SCSI-connected backup solution. It comes with “Galaxy Express” software. I am not familiar with this software. My question is, is it possible to backup 3 different servers to the one [...]
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| February 3, 2009 10:21 AM
Backup & recovery, DAT Drive, Server Backup, Server management
Is it possible to backup multiple servers to one DAT tape drive? We are looking into purchasing a 400/800GB external PowerVault 110T. It is a SCSI-connected backup solution. It comes with “Galaxy Express” software. I am not familiar with this software. My question is, is it possible to backup 3 different servers to the one [...]
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| February 3, 2009 10:21 AM
Backup & recovery, DAT Drive, Server Backup, Server management
Oracle Backup
Dear Friends, Please I need to advice my management on the best policy to do backup of our Oracle Database running of HPUX. I am familiar with backing up file system. I also learnt the RMAN is a good way to do backup in Oracle too. Could you please give me the advantages and difference [...]
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| February 3, 2009 12:17 PM
Backup & recovery, Oracle backup
Dear Friends, Please I need to advice my management on the best policy to do backup of our Oracle Database running of HPUX. I am familiar with backing up file system. I also learnt the RMAN is a good way to do backup in Oracle too. Could you please give me the advantages and difference [...]
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| February 3, 2009 12:17 PM
Backup & recovery, Oracle backup
10G Database Restore to New Server from Backup
I am a Sr. SQL Server DBA but brand new to Oracle. I have been given a task by my management to perform a backup from our production server and restore it on a brand new server to simulate a disaster. Our environment is Windows 2003 Server and Oracle 10g database. I am having allot [...]
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| August 8, 2006 4:35 PM
Backup & recovery, Microsoft Windows, Oracle 10g
I am a Sr. SQL Server DBA but brand new to Oracle. I have been given a task by my management to perform a backup from our production server and restore it on a brand new server to simulate a disaster. Our environment is Windows 2003 Server and Oracle 10g database. I am having allot [...]
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| August 8, 2006 4:35 PM
Backup & recovery, Microsoft Windows, Oracle 10g
Ability to delete a corrupted file
I had a problem sometime during a backup process. I think that someone interrupted the writing of my windows backup file. As a result, I have a corrupt file of 2+ GB. I would like to delete the file and rerun the backup, but the Windows XP OS will not let me delete the file [...]
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| August 7, 2006 9:02 AM
Backup & recovery
I had a problem sometime during a backup process. I think that someone interrupted the writing of my windows backup file. As a result, I have a corrupt file of 2+ GB. I would like to delete the file and rerun the backup, but the Windows XP OS will not let me delete the file [...]
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| August 7, 2006 9:02 AM
Backup & recovery
Job Schedule Entries Migration
Hi All, We are migrating from an 820 to a new 550 i5 this weekend. Does anyone know how we can migrate the current Job Schedule Entries on the 820 to the 550? Is there an API to the database that holds the Job Schedule Entry details that we can use to extract the info [...]
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| December 13, 2009 9:18 AM
Application development, AS/400, Backup & recovery, CLP, DataCenter, DB2 Universal Database, RPG, RPGLE
Hi All, We are migrating from an 820 to a new 550 i5 this weekend. Does anyone know how we can migrate the current Job Schedule Entries on the 820 to the 550? Is there an API to the database that holds the Job Schedule Entry details that we can use to extract the info [...]
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| December 13, 2009 9:18 AM
Application development, AS/400, Backup & recovery, CLP, DataCenter, DB2 Universal Database, RPG, RPGLE
Multi-Member Files
We have a file that has multiple members in it. More members can be added through-out the day by one of our applications. The file is being journaled. The file became corrupted. The file was restored using *ALL on the MBROPT command. When attempting to run APYJRNCHG, we received various errors because of the newly [...]
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| July 28, 2006 4:18 PM
AS/400, Backup & recovery, DataCenter
We have a file that has multiple members in it. More members can be added through-out the day by one of our applications. The file is being journaled. The file became corrupted. The file was restored using *ALL on the MBROPT command. When attempting to run APYJRNCHG, we received various errors because of the newly [...]
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| July 28, 2006 4:18 PM
AS/400, Backup & recovery, DataCenter
USB Flash Drives Not Installing On XP
Hello All! I’ve been noticing recently that certain USB drives have not been installing automatically to windows XP pro. I’m working on one right now and have not found a solution to it yet. A user needs to install a Sandisk Cruzer Mini USB Drive to her machine which uses XP Pro. Instead of installing [...]
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| July 28, 2006 8:57 PM
Access control, Application security, Availability, backdoors, Backup & recovery, Browsers, Career development, Current threats, Database, DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Development, Encryption, Exchange, filtering, Hacking, Hardware, Hewlett-Packard, human factors, Instant Messaging, Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Patch management, SCSI, Secure Coding, Security, Servers, Software, Software testing, Spyware, SQL Server, SSL/TLS, Storage, Storage management, Storage products and equipment, Tape drives/Libraries, Tech support, Training, Trojans, Viruses, Web security, worms
Hello All! I’ve been noticing recently that certain USB drives have not been installing automatically to windows XP pro. I’m working on one right now and have not found a solution to it yet. A user needs to install a Sandisk Cruzer Mini USB Drive to her machine which uses XP Pro. Instead of installing [...]
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| July 28, 2006 8:57 PM
Access control, Application security, Availability, backdoors, Backup & recovery, Browsers, Career development, Current threats, Database, DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Development, Encryption, Exchange, filtering, Hacking, Hardware, Hewlett-Packard, human factors, Instant Messaging, Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Patch management, SCSI, Secure Coding, Security, Servers, Software, Software testing, Spyware, SQL Server, SSL/TLS, Storage, Storage management, Storage products and equipment, Tape drives/Libraries, Tech support, Training, Trojans, Viruses, Web security, worms
Will I have problems restoring our system from an iSeries 550 to an 840?
My company is participating in a Disaster Recovery workshop at the IBM office in Toronto. The issue is that we currently have our system installed on an iSeries model 550, but the machine that IBM is supplying us with for the workshop is an 840. Will we have any problems restoring our V5R3M0 system on [...]
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| November 23, 2010 3:12 PM
AS/400, Backup & recovery
My company is participating in a Disaster Recovery workshop at the IBM office in Toronto. The issue is that we currently have our system installed on an iSeries model 550, but the machine that IBM is supplying us with for the workshop is an 840. Will we have any problems restoring our V5R3M0 system on [...]
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| November 23, 2010 3:12 PM
AS/400, Backup & recovery
Backup 3 servers…
I have the need to backup three servers. 1) Windows domain controller, 2) Webserver, and 3) Outlook Server. My questions is, should I use individual tape drives for each server or is there a better way? I know I am not giving specific info, but I want to know if a better way exists. Any [...]
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| July 19, 2006 4:02 PM
Backup & recovery
I have the need to backup three servers. 1) Windows domain controller, 2) Webserver, and 3) Outlook Server. My questions is, should I use individual tape drives for each server or is there a better way? I know I am not giving specific info, but I want to know if a better way exists. Any [...]
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| July 19, 2006 4:02 PM
Backup & recovery
