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How often and what retention are full volume backups done?

April 26, 2017backups retention volume

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How often and what retention are full volume backups done?

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A. Full pack backups are taken every Saturday evening and are kept for three weeks. All but the most recent set are kept off-site ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. What is IAM (Innovation Access Method) and why is it better than VSAM? A. IAM is an very efficient file access method that can: • reduce batch run times by 30-50% • improve online response time by 30-50% • reduce dasd usage by 30-50% Click here for specific dasd reduction statistics. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. How do I reorganize (REORG) an IAM file? A. Click here for JCL to reorganize (REORG) an IAM file. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. How much SPACE to specify in JCL for a “new” dataset? A. Click here for an example. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. Where are the naming standards? A. Click here for the CSD Operations page. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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A. Full pack backups are taken every Saturday evening and are kept for three weeks. All but the most recent set are kept off-site Q. What is IAM (Innovation Access Method) and why is it better than VSAM? A. IAM is an very efficient file access method that can: • reduce batch run times by 30-50% • improve online response time by 30-50% • reduce dasd usage by 30-50% Q. Is it a Mainframe Systems problem or a Network Systems problem? A. It depends on where the problem is occuring. If no applications on the Mainframe can be accessed, then it probably is a Network Systems problem. If some applications on the Mainframe can be accessed while others are not available, then it probably is a Mainframe Systems problem. Q. What does CICS stand for? A. Customer Information Control System Q. What will the PDS utility do for me in TSO? A. PDS offers numberous tools for working with PDS datasets. To invoke enter TSO PDS. Two of the most useful tools are displaying a load modules history and expanding t