Adabas Archiving Mike Conena, Database Administrator Commonwealth of Massachusetts
What is it? A tool to archive Data from Adabas Files What are the benefits? Minimizes only necessary data on primary databases Smaller Files Less Disk Space Faster Job Execution (both Batch and Adabas Utility) Faster Online System Savings in Data Center Chargeback Costs 29 June 2010 ProcessWorld 2010 2
Example: MA21 Adabas File SVES-REQUEST Records Loaded = 220,159,118 as of 6/2/10 Occupies 67,929 DATA cylinders and 24,603 ASSO cylinders Total: 92,532 cyl. (over 28 volumes) 29 June 2010 ProcessWorld 2010 3
Example Continued.. DASD chargeback from ITD is.0761 per 1000 tracks/day There are 50,085 tracks per volume $3.81 per volume per day Times 28 volumes equals $106.68/day $38,938.20 a year MA21 has about 20 big files in PROD that could be archive candidates 29 June 2010 ProcessWorld 2010 4
Features: Data can be recalled at any time Archiving Vaults can be Flat-file or Adabas Files Archived Data can be searched Archived Options: Copy or Delete Expiration dates for Archived Data to be Discarded 29 June 2010 ProcessWorld 2010 5
Features Continued. Define Plans to Archive data Add Actions such as Extraction and Filtering Criteria Set Transfer settings for scheduling action Set Accumulator settings for retention of data Monitor Archiving Services and Activities View Archiving History 29 June 2010 ProcessWorld 2010 6
How does it work? Easy User Interface using the SMH Configure Environment Setup and Run Extracts manually Schedule Extracts to run automatically Recall Archived Data Search Archived Data (returned to UI) Retain Search results to reuse later 29 June 2010 ProcessWorld 2010 7
Components 29 June 2010 ProcessWorld 2010 8
Browser User Interface All Archive operations and Monitoring is performed here Configuration Adabas File configured at install time that contains configuration information and Plans Archive Services Manage the archive operations Extractor Extracts data that you want archived Accumulators Receives the Archived data and places it into the Vault or Archived File Vaults Flat-file stores to place Archived Data Adabas Archived Files Files used to store Archived Data 29 June 2010 ProcessWorld 2010 9
User Interface 2 Frames: Navigation on left, Content on right 29 June 2010 ProcessWorld 2010 10
Adding an Action 29 June 2010 ProcessWorld 2010 11
Extraction Criteria 29 June 2010 ProcessWorld 2010 12
Adabas Archiving for Adabas Accumulator Settings 29 June 2010 ProcessWorld 2010 13
Adabas Archiving for Adabas Installation Prerequisites Supported Operating Systems (Windows, Solaris, z/os) Adabas v6.1.7 or above on Open Systems Adabas v8.1 or above on mainframe z/os Adabas System Coordinator v8.2 or higher required System Management Hub v8.1 or higher required 29 June 2010 ProcessWorld 2010 14
z/os Installation Create site-based Adabas Link Routine (ADALNKR) Activate OMVS in TSO Establish Access to the Browser User Interface Prepare (COR and ADR) Directories Run the COR install script Run the ADR install script Load Assembler code into COR directory Edit the SAG.NEW Environment script Establish Configuration File (Adabas File) Start COR Launch Control (starts SAGAUTO daemon) Install UI on Workstation 29 June 2010 ProcessWorld 2010 15
Starting the Services Via Unix commands or by batch jobs 29 June 2010 ProcessWorld 2010 16
Log files created each day 29 June 2010 ProcessWorld 2010 17
Adabas Archiving for Adabas Definition of Vaults and/or Archiving Files 29 June 2010 ProcessWorld 2010 18
Defining Archiving Plans 29 June 2010 ProcessWorld 2010 19
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Thank You!