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IPL'ing before a system backup
ASK THE EXPERTS :Is there a problem with doing an IPL (restart *yes) before a full system backup (option 21)? We do an IPL and then a full ... |
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IPL RESTART: *YES vs. *NO
ASK THE EXPERTS :Is there any difference between doing an IPL with RESTART of *YES vs.
doing a RESTART of *NO, and then having to manually ... |
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Speeding up the weekly backup
ASK THE EXPERTS :Once a week I use a scheduled job that runs in QCTL to save most of the
system. During the week, most of the iSeries memory ... |
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Weekly backup of only user libraries
ASK THE EXPERTS :In our company we take a weekly backup of only user libraryies. To do that, we have written a CL program. In all, there are ... |
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Improving daily backups
ASK THE EXPERTS :I'm trying to improve my daily backup. I normally execute my backup CL in QBATCH subsystem.
If CL were executed in another ... |
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Possible to create CL program to run nightly backup?
ASK THE EXPERTS :I'd like to create a CL program to run our nightly backup. I'd like to run it in a restricted state by ending the subsystems ... |
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Entire system backup using WRKJOBSCDE
ASK THE EXPERTS :How can I save an entire system backup using the job scheduling
method(WRKJOBSCDE)? |
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Save a library while its files are active
ASK THE EXPERTS :I want to save a library while its files are active. I have read all I can get my hands on about "Save While Active". What ... |
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BRMS for backups vs. native IBM SAVSYS
ASK THE EXPERTS :We are using BRMS for backups, when we do a SAVSYS using BRMS the SAVSYS takes five to six hours to complete. The SAVSYS we ... |
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Journaling and incremental backups
ASK THE EXPERTS :Do you have to have journaling to do incremental backups? |
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Submit a FULL system backup to batch
ASK THE EXPERTS :We want to submit the save 21 (qmnsave) unattended, that is, not the Friday or Saturday night connect to console and to type ... |
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Back up a specific directory
ASK THE EXPERTS :I need to back up a directory. We perform a WRKLNK from a command line, and then go to /QOpenSys/NJ/RSBACKUP/.
We are saving ... |
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Creating unique SAVF names
ASK THE EXPERTS :I am currently performing a scheduled daily backup by saving the library in a SAVF, then saving the SAVF onto a tape. But ... |
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Save multiple libraries to a single SAVF
ASK THE EXPERTS :My system is running out of disk space. I would like to know if there is
a way to save multiple libraries to a single SAVF? |
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Preparing a final backup
ASK THE EXPERTS :We're getting a new iSeries and we need to be sure that we get all of the information from one machine to the other. We plan ... |
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Automating the backup procedure
ASK THE EXPERTS :We are on an iSeries 730 box. We're doing our backups manually, using the GO SAVE command (option 21 - Entire Systems). I ... |
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Encrypt data when saving to tape
ASK THE EXPERTS :Is it possible to encrypt data when saving to tape, and then to restore the data in another iSeries just to ensure privacy ... |
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Working with Save-while-active checkpoints
ASK THE EXPERTS :I noticed that you recommend the system in a quiesce state while the
Save-while-active reaches its checkpoint before letting ... |
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Quiesce the system
ASK THE EXPERTS :What is the best way to quiesce the system when doing a SWA of libraries? |
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Verifying a backup is complete
ASK THE EXPERTS :I am new to the iSeries. We have our system set up to back up certain libraries at certain times and this works fine. When I ... |
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Are your backups complete?
TIP :No security plan is complete without addressing the issue of safe and complete backups. |
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Are you saving everything?
TIP :Learn about the "things" that are not saved in your normal daily save. |
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Restoring the iSeries
ASK THE EXPERTS :Where can I find a complete restore procedure for the entire system from start to finish? |
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Restore a single program source program
ASK THE EXPERTS :Is there a method to restore a single program source program from a backup
rather than restore the entire library? |
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Restoring iSeries objects
ASK THE EXPERTS :I want to restore objects from the Save file on the tape. Is there any way to restore objects without restoring save files ... |
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BRMS recovery process
ASK THE EXPERTS :When recovering user libraries, BRMS requires you to restore the full
save and then the daily save. For some open systems ... |
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Restoring two iSeries from the same media
ASK THE EXPERTS :Is it possible for one iSeries system (machine 2) to be restoring at the same time from the same media as a backup is being ... |
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Simplifying individual object restores
TIP :Having a method for quick and easy restore for individual objects is important in the overall security plans for your shop. |
