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We have reviewed this RFE again. We feel it would be a beneficial enhancement to the product and it is therefore still being considered for implementation. We hope to be able to add it to our development plans soon.
The CEAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a MEDIUM priority requirement that should be addressed.
Background: The COMMON Europe Advisory Council (CEAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CEAC has a crucial role in working with IBM i development to help assess the value and impact of individual RFEs on the broader IBM i community and has therefore reviewed your RFE.
To find out how CEAC help to shape the future of IBM i, see CEAC @ ibm.biz/BdYSYj and the article "The Five Hottest IBM i RFEs Of The Quarter" at ibm.biz/BdYSZT
Therese Eaton – CEAC Program Manager, IBM
This RFE is still being considered for a future enhancement, but because it is lower priority it has not yet been completed.
The CAAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a medium priority requirement that should be addressed. Any additional types of damage that can be detected and allow processing to continue would be a definite help to those doing automated back-ups. It should be an option since default behavior would be changed.
Background: The COMMON Americas Advisory Council (CAAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CAAC has a key role in working with IBM i development to help assess the value and impact of individual RFEs on the broader IBM i community, and has therefore reviewed your RFE.
For more information about CAAC, see www.common.org/caac
For more details about CAAC's role with RFEs, see http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/Blogs/i-Can/May-2017/COMMON-Americas-Advisory-Council-%28CAAC%29-and-RFEs/
Nancy Uthke-Schmucki - CAAC Program Manager
IBM will use this request as input to planning but no commitment is made or implied. This request will be updated in the future if IBM implements it. IBM will use votes and comments from others in the community to help prioritize this request.
Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Power Systems
Product - IBM i
Component - Save, Restore
Operating system - IBM i
Source - None
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Power Systems
Product - IBM i
Component - BRMS
Operating system - IBM i
Source - None
It would be useful to know what version of the OS you are running. I am running V7R2, do my backups via flashcopy on DS8800 and when my BRMS *ALLUSR save hits a damaged object it keeps going. It has done this for quite a while. I know that in some older versions this was a problem but I haven't seen it in a long time. It could have to do with the flash. Objects that don't flash right can be really screwed up and possibly it's a damage that BRMS can't deal with. Obviously creating a damaged object on demand to reproduce this, especially to reproduce how your object(s) got damaged, could be very hard as even if you manage to do it there is no guarantee that the object would damage the same way it did for you.
Tom Duncan - CAAC Member
IBM has received the requirement and is evaluating it. IBM will provide a response after evaluation is complete.