Define the "FILEINFO" Repository Data Set
The FILEINFO repository data set contains one record for every FDR/UPSTREAM Client file backed up by UPSTREAM. This includes information such as the Client file/path name, file/path attributes, and the physical location of the actual backup.
Selecting option 3 (“FILEINFO”) from the define menu takes you to the panel shown below, where you define the parameters for the allocation of the FILEINFO repository data set.
FDR/UPSTREAM - Define the File-Information Cluster
Command ===>
Please enter the necessary information to allocate a new File-Info cluster
DataSetName ===> 'UPSTREAM.FILEINFO.$UST.CLUSTER'
(include the index level $UST in the dsname for best performance)
Storage Estimates
Number of File Servers........................ ===> 5
Average number of files per server....... ===> 30000
Number of incrementals between full backups ===> 10
Number of full backup cycles kept.......... ===> 7
or
Number of cylinders to allocate............... ===> 424
To copy the contents of an existing File-Info cluster to the new file, specify:
Repro from dsname ===>
If the FILEINFO data set is to be SMS-managed, you can specify the SMS classes to be assigned, but they may be omitted if your installation's ACS routines assign appropriate classes, or if the data set is NOT to be SMS-managed.
You can ask UPSTREAM to estimate the required size of the FILEINFO data set by entering the number of different Clients for which backups are taken, the average number of files on each Client and the number of incremental backups and full backups per Client. Alternatively, you may specify a data set size in cylinders. If you change one or more of the first four values, UPSTREAM displays its calculated value for the size in cylinders. See Maintaining the Upstream MVS Datbase for more detailed information on the contents of the FILEINFO file, estimating space requirements, and for help in deciding whether to use use IAM or VSAM for the repository file format.
When satisfied with the values, press PF3/END to return to the main DEFINE menu.