Hello,

I am running TSM 3.7.1 under OS/390 2.4 processing approx 120 gb daily of
incremental backups, and am having trouble getting the daily storage pool
tasks scheduled.   I need to be able to backup the primary disk pools to
tape, run expiration, backup the DB, run reclaims, etc.

Originally I had each command seperately scheduled, but this wasted time
during the day, by having processes start at fixed times, regardless of the
outcome of the previous process.  I am currently running with multiple
commands, run by a script, with WAIT=YES coded for each, to have a process
start as soon as it's predecessor finishes, but this approach is not very
flexable, and difficult to monitor and debug.

I am curious how others handle these tasks in a large environment.  How do
you schedule them for the best device utilization throughout the day? How
do you monitor them for successful and timely completion?  Any suggestions
are welcome.

Thanks in advance
Dana Michell
Equitable of Iowa