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iSeries / Re: Copy optical disk data back to iSeries disks

« on: May 14, 2015, 09:36:35 AM »

Thanks, Joe! Moving images back is going swimmingly!

I might mention - we did run into one issue with recalling the SFA images  - the job was taking lots of CPU (55% +) and took days to recall a single platter. We found a tip that states:

     It might be possible to improve the performance of MMF by creating the following index using SQL:

     CREATE INDEX QUSRRDARS/QARLRSRTX ON QUSRRDARS/QARLRSRT (CDTYPE, ONAME, RESTIND)

And it made a HUGE difference. CPU went to 1-2% max, and the each platter was processed in a matter of hours, not days.

Hopefully this information might help someone else!

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iSeries / Re: Copy optical disk data back to iSeries disks

« on: April 08, 2015, 01:24:49 PM »

Thanks, Joe! That's exactly what we wanted to know. Followup if I may...

Let's say, then, that we disable levels 10 and 20. All new documents will go to level 30. After 181 days (given our example below), will  documents that are at Level 10 migrate to level 30 'on their own'? Or will we have to migrate those manually as well?

We intend to start moving images from level 20 to 30 manually sometime soon. We're actually in the process of recalling old SFA documents now; as soon as that finishes we're going to tackle the ASM documents.

Thanks!

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iSeries / Copy optical disk data back to iSeries disks

« on: April 06, 2015, 12:20:48 PM »

Like Rav ( see: http://www.odusergroup.org/forums/index.php?topic=1164.0 ) we are using optical to store our CSOD images.

Again, Like Rav, we need to move all Optical images back to disk.

Our 'Original' Migration Policy was:

Level 10 - Disk - 60 Days
Level 20 -  Optical - 99999 Days - 'Optical Forever'

Our 'Modified' Migration Policy, to allow us to start bringing documents back is:

Level 10 - Disk - 181 Days
Level 20 -  Optical - 999998 Days
Level 30 - Disk - 999999 Days

So - we have a couple questions.

First - we really don't want to send any more documents to Optical - what's the best way to prevent migration to optical moving forward?

Secondly - once we move everything back to disk - can we remove Level 20 and 30 from the policy? (Or we we remove 10 and 20?) .

Thanks!