Example: Dual archive to tape and disk (DASD)

Overview

This example shows the required definitions for archiving indexed lists to disk (DASD) for 90 days and to tape for 10 years. During the first 90 days, archived lists should be reloaded from disk. After this period they should be reloaded from tape.

Required definitions

The following definitions are required to achieve this:

• One archive pool having a retention period of 10 years on tape
• Two archive subpools assigned to this archive pool
  • One archive subpool for the medium tape having a retention period of 10 years and reload order 2
  • One archive subpool for the medium disk having a retention period of 90 days and reload order 1
• List definitions specifying the same medium, archive retention period, and owner as the archive pool

Archive pool definition

To define an archive pool and the first archive subpool for these lists:

1. From the Primary Selection Menu, choose option A.1.
2. In the selection panel, press ENTER to display all existing archive pool definitions.
3. Enter line command I in front of any archive pool definition.
4. In the displayed panel, enter the values of your choice.

   PE97AP10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
   Command ===> _________________________________________________________________
   
   Insert Archive Pool Definition
   
   
   Archive Pool Name ===> TAPE10..
   
   Archive Ret. Pd. ===> 3660. Retention period in days (1 - 36500)
   Archive Media Name ===> TAPE. (T)ape,(D)isk,(O)disk,(C)entera
   
   Archive Pool OWNER ===> CUST001_
   Archive Pool Title ===> DUAL ARCHIVE POOL DASD 90 DAYS TAPE 10 YEARS________
   
   Calculate Expiration Date by Start Date ===> NO__ (Y)es,(N)o
   Start Date ===> _____ (MM/DD)
   
   Order for Reload ===> ASIS Value (1-99),(A)sis
   
   
   
   Press the ENTER key to insert the archive pool definition.
   Press the END key to return to the previous panel.
   

5. Press ENTER to insert the first subpool definition.

   This will display the following panel:

   PE97AS10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
   Command ===> _________________________________________________________________
   
   Insert Archive Subpool Definition
   
   Archive Product : B97
   Archive Pool Name : TAPE10
   Archive Pool Owner : CUST001
   
   
   Archive Media Name ===> TAPE. (T)ape,(D)isk,(O)disk,(C)entera
   
   Order for Reload ===> 01 (1-99) unique number
   within this archive pool
   
   Subpool is active ===> YES (Y)es,(N)o
   
   
   
   
   
   Press ENTER to insert the definition. Press DOWN to display the next page.
   Press END key to return to the previous panel.
   

6. Overtype the displayed value in the Order for Reload field with the value 2 and press ENTER:

   This will display the "Insert Archive Subpool Definition" panel for the archive medium TAPE.

7. In the displayed panel, enter the values of your choice.

   PE97AP51 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
   Command ===> _________________________________________________________________
   
   Insert Archive Subpool Definition
   
   Archive Pool Name : TAPE10 Archive Product : B97
   Archive Media Name : TAPE Archive Pool Owner : CUST001
   
   Order for Reload ===> 2. (1-99)
   Archive Retention Period ===> 3660. (1-36500) Days
   Compress Index ===> YES (Y)es,(N)o
   Prefix for Data Set Name ===> BETA97.TAPE10...................
   
   Unit ===> CASS....
   
   New tape each archive run ===> NO_ (Y)es,(N)o
   
   Compression ===> IGNORE (Y)es,(N)o,(I)gnore
   
   
   Press the ENTER key to insert the definition.
   Press the END key to return to the previous panel.
   
   

8. Press ENTER to save the archive pool definition and the archive subpool definition, then press PF3 to leave the panel.

   This will display the "Display Archive Subpool Definitions" panel.

   PE97AS05 ----------------------------------------------Row 1 of 2
   Command ===> ________________________________________________ Scroll ===> CSR.
   
   Display Archive Subpool Definitions ( LEFT/RIGHT )
   
   S - Select I - Insert C - Copy D - Delete
   
   Sel Order Pool Medium Retpd Dsname Prefix Owner
   00002 TAPE10 TAPE 03660 BETA97.TAPE10 CUST001
   ******************************** BOTTOM OF DATA ********************************
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Second archive subpool definition

To insert the second archive subpool definition:

1. In the "Archive Subpool Definitions" table, enter line command I in front of the archive subpool definition you just inserted.

   This will display the following panel:

   PE97AS10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
   Command ===> _________________________________________________________________
   
   Insert Archive Subpool Definition
   
   Archive Product : B97
   Archive Pool Name : TAPE10
   Archive Pool Owner : CUST001
   
   
   Archive Media Name ===> TAPE. (T)ape,(D)isk,(O)disk,(C)entera
   
   Order for Reload ===> .. (1-99) unique number
   within this archive pool
   
   Subpool is active ===> YES (Y)es,(N)o
   
   
   
   
   
   Press ENTER to insert the definition. Press DOWN to display the next page.
   Press END key to return to the previous panel.
   

2. Overtype the value displayed in the Archive Media Name field with the value Disk, type 1 in the Order for Reload field, and press ENTER.

   This will display the "Insert Archive Subpool Definition" panel for the archive medium DISK.

3. In the displayed panel, type the values of your choice.

   PE97AS13 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
   Command ===> _________________________________________________________________
   
   Insert Archive Subpool Definition
   
   Archive Pool Name : TAPE10 Archive Product : B97
   Archive Media Name : DISK Archive Pool Owner : CUST001
   
   Subpool is active ===> YES (Y)es,(N)o
   Order for Reload ===> 1. (1-99)
   Retention Period ===> 90... (1-36500) Days
   Compress Index ===> YES (Y)es,(N)o
   Prefix for Data Set Name ===> BETA97.DASD90...................
   
   Data Set Size ===> 1280. (200-65535) Tracks
   
   Storage Class ===> ________
   Data Class ===> ________
   Management Class ===> ________
   
   
   Press the ENTER key to insert the definition.
   Press the END key to return to the previous panel.
   

4. Press ENTER to save the definition and then press PF3 to leave this panel.

Note on Order for Reload field

Assigning the reload order 2 to the archive subpool for the archive medium Tape and the reload order 1 to the archive subpool for the archive medium Disk ensures that archived data will be reloaded from the DASD archive during the first 90 days. After this period, archive data will be reloaded from the tape archive.

List definition

Specify the following in the Adabas Audit Data Retrieval list definition (Option 2.1) for all lists that should be archived according to the above definitions:

• Owner = CUST001
• Automatic Archive = Yes
• Archive Medium = Tape
• Archive Retention Period = 3660

PE97LD20 --------------------------------------------------------- Page 1 of 3
 Command ===> _________________________________________________________________

 Update List/Report Definition Last Update: B97USER 02/18/2008 10:09:04

 Form : REJ
 Extension : TRADE
 Report :


 Owner ===> CUST001_
 Sec-Level ===> ________
 Title ===> ____________________________________________________________


 To extract a list date from the list data, specify the following values:
 Line ===> 0006 Column ===> 00059 Format ===> MM/DD/YYYY
 Number of Lines ===> 0001


 Press ENTER to update the definition. Press DOWN to display the next page.
 Press END to return to the previous panel.

PE97LD21 ------------------------------------------------------- Page 2 of 3
 Command ===> _________________________________________________________________

 Update List/Report Definition Last Update: B97USER 02/18/2008 10:09:04

 Form: REJ Extension: TRADE Report:

 Archive Processing Parameters :

 Automatic Archive ===> YES (Y)es,(N)o
 Archive Medium ===> TAPE_ (T)ape,(D)isk,(O)disk,(C)en-
 Archive Retention Period ===> 3660_ (1-36500) Days tera

 Online Processing Parameters :

 Online = Archive Expiration Date ===> NO. (Y)es,(N)o

 Online Retention Period ===> 00030 (1-36500) Days
 Index Retention Period ===> 00030 (1-36500) Days


 Press ENTER to update the definition. Press DOWN to display the next page, or
 UP to display the previous page. Press END to return to the previous panel.