Running the Backup Set Save

When you select to run a save manually or schedule it using Robot Schedule, Robot Save does a normal save to tape with these additional enhancements:

• If you are saving libraries, it assigns undefined libraries automatically, according to the criteria specified on the System Defaults panel, to the backup sets flagged on the Extended Backup Set Information panel.

• It intercepts all device messages and tells you what to do next so you cannot choose the wrong option.

• It uses the mounted tapes (if they are not assigned to another backup set).

• It tells you what volume to mount next.

• It allows you to initialize additional tapes if you run out (except when you use an AML)

• If you have Robot Alert, our pager and email message software, Robot Save can send a message if a tape mount is needed or if the tape device jams.

• If you have specified the save-while-active option, Robot Save waits (if necessary) for a library for the period of time you have set.

If you execute the Robot Save command, RBSSave, in batch, the messages are sent to the usual tape device message queue, QSYSOPR.

If the backup set belongs to a data set class, the data set program you entered into the set is executed instead of a save. The program runs interactively from the operator’s workstation. Robot Save does not intercept any tape device messages; they are sent to the usual tape device message queue.

For a detailed explanation of the save process, see the Robot Save Save Process topic.