savevg + mksysb - users on the system

[Jamesduncombe]

Guys,

Am I right in thinking that a mksysb and savevg can be done with users logged on and using the system?

Cheers,

James

 

[7280]

Of course.

 

[DukeSSD]

Whether you will ever be able to restore them is the question.

If the data is changing during the save then you could have restore problems.

Make sure you use the -p switch to give you the best chance of a restore.

"mksysb -p
Specifies whether to disable packing (compression) of files before placing them in the archive.
When packing is enabled, files that cannot be compressed are placed in the archive as is.
Restoring the archive automatically unpacks the files packed by this option.

Disabling this option is recommended if files are being modified when the backup is in progress.
Modifying a file when a backup is in progress might corrupt the backup
and you might not be able to recover the data. Disabling the packing option is also recommended
when the backup device is a tape device that performs compression."