Saving Spool Files in V5R4 with Savobj

[Piper]

Hey gang

I hear in V5R4 you are able to save spool files, the idea is I don't want to save every spool file on my i5 (nor do i want to make a policy to do so) but just grab a few spools for some testing on recovery system in a few weeks

I know there are a couple ways to do this, but this one has got me frusrated because its not working and I want to know why!

I create an outq and put the files I want to use for my test then following what the info center site is telling me I save my outq

SAVOBJ OBJ(TESTOUTQ) LIB(PIPER) DEV(*SAVF) OBJTYPE(*OUTQ) SAVF(PIPER/MYSAVF) SPLFDTA(*ALL)

(deleting the outq) and then restoring it

  
RSTOBJ OBJ(TESTOUTQ) 
SAVLIB(PIPER)) DEV(*SAVF)
OBJTYPE(*OUTQ) SAVF( PIPER/MYSAVF)   SPLFDTA(*NEW)

I expected to see the outq and the spool files contained with in

the outq restores...not the spools

not happening..what gives?

any ideas?

[jamief]

Re: Saving Spool Files in V5R4 with Savobj

If it helps same here...

Im looking into it

jamie

[Piper]

Re: Saving Spool Files in V5R4 with Savobj

Weird, I saved it to tape then did a

    

Selection or command                                                           
SAVOBJ OBJ(TESTOUTQ) LIB(PIPER) DEV(TAP01) OBJTYPE(*OUTQ) ENDOPT(*LEAVE) S
LFDTA(*ALL) QDTA(*NONE)                                                        



DSPTAP DEV(TAP01) DATA(*SAVRST)  

                                                                        
Spooled     File                                    Creation  Creation  
File        Number  Job         User        Number  Date      Time      
PRT2      000014  DSP01        PIPER     008039  02/20/08  09:57:42  
PRT2      000024  DSP01        PIPER     008039  02/20/08  10:10:19  
PRT2      000004   PIPER       PIPER    006964  02/14/08  15:50:43  
PRT2      000008   PIPER      PIPER       006964  02/14/08  15:51:09  
PRT2      000012   PIPER     PIPER      006964  02/14/08  15:51:32  
PRT2      000016   PIPER        PIPER       006964  02/14/08  15:53:06  
HOSTNAME    000001  HOSTNAME     PIPER      010970  03/03/08  14:30:15  
MOVSPOOLC   000001  MOVSPOOLC    PIPER      011186  03/06/08  10:24:37  
QPSEC    000001  OPERATIONS  PIPER      027596  04/11/08  11:30:27

its something with the Save file....odd

[Piper]

Re: Saving Spool Files in V5R4 with Savobj

and I just restored from tape, and...the outq restored..no spool file data I am stumped..must be missing something

[tomholden]

Re: Saving Spool Files in V5R4 with Savobj

are you using SPLFDTA(*NEW) on the restore?

[Piper]

Re: Saving Spool Files in V5R4 with Savobj

yeppers

its just on the restore I am having the problems...I am baffled this should be pretty cut and dry process

[tomholden]

Re: Saving Spool Files in V5R4 with Savobj

from the help text:

Specifies whether to restore spooled file data and        
attributes.                                               
                                                          
*NEW                                                      
    For each output queue that is restored, spooled file  
    data that was saved with the output queue is restored, 
    if it does not already exist on the system.

seems that it won't restore the spooled files if they already exist on the system...

[Piper]

Re: Saving Spool Files in V5R4 with Savobj

BINGO!!!


I still had copies of the spools in another q lib

your the man..i should have just read into it more

[Piper]

Re: Saving Spool Files in V5R4 with Savobj

i owe ya a beer man...if you are ever in the philly area..let me know!