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Status Delivered
Workspace IBM i
Categories BRMS
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 13, 2016

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User-defined timestamp in Full System Flash Copy - *SYSBAS support

Have the possibility to set the User-defined timestamp in Full System Flash Copy to have the correct reference for the incremental backup


Use Case:

We want reduce the backup time on Flash copy system in order to use for our test.
For example:
the flash copy is start at 0:00
the flash copy is up at 0:28
the backup start at 00:37
the allusr start at 1:27
the ifs start at 7:02
if anything is changed between 0:00 and 1:27 for any library or between 0:00 and 7:02 for ifs these object are considered changed before the backup so next incremental data will not save them


Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 24, 2018

    This was delivered in the following BRMS PTFs : 7.3-SI65676 7.2-SI65675 7.1-SI65674

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Dec 11, 2017

    This request should be marked as "delivered" now.

    2017-09-15: 7.3 SI65676- 7.2 SI65675- 7.1 SI65674

    Ref: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#/wiki/IBM%20Backup%2C%20Recovery%20and%20Media%20Services%20%28BRMS%29%20for%20i/page/Enhancements

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 16, 2017

    For us that use full system flashcopy backups, either with the Full System Copy Service Manager, manually as described in the IBM developerWorks or with an inhouse created program, this must be one of the most important feature we need. I think the priority of this feature request should be high instead of medium.

    At our shop we have objects that are only changed during the nightly batch runs and during the same time the full system flash copy backup is in progress, so we can not use incremental backups as those objects only will be saved during the full backup.

    As the save times in the BRMS database does not reflect the time the flash copy was made you also need to think twice in case you need to restore an object, both the time and date may differ for the one you select.

    Please, implement this feature as soon as possible, we really need it.

    Thanks in advance.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 1, 2017

    Just to restate, the changes that occur after the flashcopy has completed are not saved by the full backup that runs immediately after the flashcopy since they occurred after the flashcopy but the next incremental save will go from the completion of the full backup, not the completion of the flashcopy, and such will NOT pick up those changes that fell into the void between the flashcopy completion and the full backup completion.

    Recategorized by Tom Duncan

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Dec 14, 2016

    We agree with this request and will try to support this at some point in the future.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Dec 14, 2016

    This RFE's Headline was changed after submission to reflect the headline of an internal request we were already considering, but will now track here.

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