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Chapter 5 Backing Up Your System : Overview

Overview
TIBCO Object Service Broker Backup Utilities
TIBCO Object Service Broker provides you with a number of utilities so that you can build a customized backup system from the sample JCL provided at installation. The list of the TIBCO Object Service Broker backup utilities follows:
S6BTLBPS (Back Up Page Data Sets) or
S6BTLUPS (Unload a Page Data Set to Backup).
After a backup, it is recommended that you run the S6BBRPTR (Batch Pointer Check) utility.
IDCAMS cannot be used to back up or copy TIBCO Object Service Broker page data sets because it changes the placement of records within the VSAM control interval. This invalidates internal TIBCO Object Service Broker index pointers.
If the backup file created by the S6BTLBPS (Back Up Page Data Sets) utility is transferred to Windows or Solaris with FTP, the transfer must be in binary mode with the z/OS FTP LOCSITE subcommand with NORDW parameter specified.
See Also
TIBCO Object Service Broker for z/OS Utilities for more information about individual utilities.
Planning Your System Backup
TIBCO Object Service Broker provides you with the flexibility to meet the backup and recovery requirements of your site whether you need regularly scheduled full system backups or a continuous backup approach that you can use to stay fully operational 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Your TIBCO Support representative can help you build a backup and recovery plan that integrates one or both of these approaches to suit your requirements.
Full System Backup Approach
You must perform a full system backup when you first install TIBCO Object Service Broker. Depending upon your system availability requirements, you can also use this full system backup methodology as part of your regularly scheduled backup procedures. There are two ways you can perform a traditional full system backup:
Using Full System Backup Products, such as DF/DSS or FDR, which creates a physical copy of the volume and saves it to tape.
Continuous Backup Approach
The continuous backup process enables you to maintain 24‑hour operations and ensure full system recoverability at all times. Using the continuous backup approach, you never have to shut TIBCO Object Service Broker down for a routine backup. The continuous backup combines the most recent backups with the updates written out to the journal data sets to produce a complete and current backup copy.
Date and Time on Journal Pages
In the current release, all pagestore headers and journal records store the date and time in UTC time. That is, the time of the hardware clock without the local offset.
This makes the journaling process immune to spring and autumn time changes.

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