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- From: CHRIS@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU (chris)
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.l-vmctr
- Subject: Re: VMArchive
- Message-ID: <L-VMCTR%92082010234407@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 14:13:11 GMT
- Sender: VMCENTER Components Discussion List <L-VMCTR@AKRONVM.BITNET>
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- Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
- In-Reply-To: Message of Wed,
- 19 Aug 1992 09:50:27 EDT from <STAN@VM.TEMPLE.EDU>
-
- On Wed, 19 Aug 1992 09:50:27 EDT Stan Horwitz said:
- >Hello; I am a mainframe applications software consultant here at Temple U.
- >My boss and I have been trying to talk our VM systems people into putting
- >VMArchive into general production for the past couple of years and they
- >always come back to us with lame excuses as to why they won't do it. After
- >quite some time, we were able to have VMArchive put into production in a
- >minimal way. If our systems folks had their way, they would remove VMArchive
- >from our 3084-Q entirely. As it is, files are moved between the staging are
- >and tape only twice a day; at 8:00 and 13:00. We want to increase this to at
- >least once an hour. We also want to allow users to archive files on
- >temporary disk which is currently not possible here. I am wondering what
- >your experiences with VMArchive are. How many people on your system use
- >VMArchive and how did you set it up? If this is a FAQ, please respond
- >personally. It would also be nice to chat with folks at other VM sites that
- >use VMArchive in the event our systems folks have further arguments against
- >this idea. It would probably make more sense for one of our systems analysts
- >to send a posting on this matter to L-VMCTR, but I guess they don't do such
- >things since it is not in their contract.
- >
- VMArchive is a good tool for users to manage their own backup environment.
- The problem is getting or educating the users about the tool and getting
- them the user to use VMArchive more. There are several options as to
- where the archive will reside. Also, how long it will reside in a certain
- location before the archive is either purged or moved to another location
- or media. So, do what you have to do politically and good luck.
-