Or you could just get rid of operators, :-)
John Zoltak
North American Mfg Co

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Werth [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, February 13, 1998 8:57 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: [HP3000-L] FW: Opinions solicited on database repair
> "gotchas"
>
> Jeff Kell wrote:
> >
> > Our night operator initiated a partial backup (TurboStore 7x24) last
> > night just before 6:00 PM, online=start thus sync point ~6:00 PM.
> > Later that evening she inadvertantly purged a JCL file and through
> > some rare stroke of genius did a :restore @[log in to unmask]@ from the
> > aforementioned backup .......   [SNIP the gory details].....
>
> This exact problem is what prompted us to write a utility some years
> ago
> that would open any requested database and all of its datasets in
> shared
> mode, then pause forever. This precludes anyone from ever getting
> exclusive
> access to a database to restore, purge, or any other nasty things that
> could
> corrupt a database. Unless of course said user aborts the job first.
>
> Doug Werth                                     Beechglen Development
> Inc.
> [log in to unmask]                                       Cincinnati,
> Ohio
>
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