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Would you be able to recover your systems in the event of a disaster? Hopefully the answer is yes. To help you make sure your backups and restores are being done correctly, we've pulled together a multitude of tips, articles, white papers and other resources. Don't put off today what you may not be able to recover tomorrow. -- Michelle Davidson, editor

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Backup and Recovery Processes and Quick Guides
Backup and Recovery Strategies
Verifying and Reporting on Backups
Using IBM's Backup Media and Recovery Services (BRMS)
Information about other backup and recovery products
Storing Your Backups
Articles, White Papers & Q&As
Case Studies, Redbooks & Manuals
Webcasts
Expert Advice
Resources

Backup and Recovery Processes and Quick Guides Return to Table of Contents

Glossary Definition: Backup

Why you need to plan a backup and recovery strategy

Top 10 backup commands

Visual backup guide (PDF)

The disaster recovery guide

Backup and recovery techniques

Backup expert Tom Huntington answers users' questions

Backup and Recovery Strategies Return to Table of Contents

Correct way to restore logical files

Add IFS directories to your daily backup policy

Preparing a final backup

Securing the Save/Restore function

In between system saves

Correct order to restore user profiles

Shutting down iSeries Integrated Server cards for backups

Want to speed up your nightly backups? Use save files

Tips for shrinking your backup/recovery windows

Backing up remote systems -- eliminate the tape

Plan on disk-based backup (Free registration to this site required)

Back up to multiple member file

Unattended full system save and IPL

Backing up the integrated file system

Verifying and Reporting on Backups Return to Table of Contents

Verifying a backup is complete

Did the files copy correctly during backup?

Are your backups complete?

Are you saving everything?

Objects "not saved" during a backup

Provide a report for user to verify backups

Audit your OS/400 backups

Using IBM's Backup Media and Recovery Services (BRMS)

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IBM's Backup Recovery and Media Services

Setting up BRMS

Receiving backup error message while using BRMS

Viewing old backup tapes in the BRMS catalog

BRMS for backups vs. native IBM SAVSYS

BRMS recovery process

Using BRMS on V5R2

Unattended SAVSYS option 21 with BRMS

Information about other backup and recovery products

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ArchiveManager400 from Healy Software International, Ltd.

AS/400 System Backup from Ctech Network Services, Ltd.

DataMirror Transformation Server from Data Mirror Corp.

DSK Manager from Kisco Information Systems

EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF) from EMC Corp.

Guardian Save from iTera, Inc.

MMS for the iSeries from LXI Corp.

OptStor-Optical Backup to Tape (OBT) from Midrange Performance Group

RTAPE/400 Smart Backup & Restore (SBR) from Ricomm Systems, Inc.

Robot/SAVE from help/systems

Total Recovery and Control for the AS/400 (TRAC/400) from Pinnacle Business Systems, Inc.

Storing Your Backups

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Storing backups and media life expectancy

Vaulting is best practice for data backup plans

iSeries Storage Solutions (PDF)

Articles, White Papers and Q&As

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White paper: Backup and Recovery Strategies for iSeries

White paper: Improving iSeries Backup Performance

White paper: Critical Practices for Remote Backup

White paper: The Need for Mirrored Backup

Article: Vineyard spends time on wine, not backup

Article: Backing Up and Copying Spooled Files

Q&A: Backing Up Spooled Files

Q&A: PTFs Specific for Backup and Recovery

White paper: Backup and recovery support

White paper: Backing Up Your AS/400 (PDF)

White paper: Backup Insurance, Are You Covered?

White paper: Keep backup and recovery alive and well after iSeries consolidation

Case Studies, Redbooks and Manuals

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Case study: Fireman's Fund McGee Marine Insurance Company (PDF)

Redbook: Integrating Backup Recovery and Media Services and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager on the IBM eServer iSeries Server

Redbook: Backup Recovery and Media Services for OS/400: A Practical Approach

Redbook: Choosing the right backup strategy for Domino 6 for iSeries

Manual: iSeries Backup and Recovery (Version 5 -- SC41-5304-06) (PDF)

Manual: Backup, Recovery, and Media Services for iSeries (PDF)

Webcasts

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Live Expert Webcast: Essentials of backup/recovery for disaster recovery
Date: Nov. 18, 2 p.m. EDT (18:00 GMT)
Speaker: Deb Saugen, technical owner of iSeries 400 and AS/400 backup and recovery, IBM Rochester

Preparing for disaster recovery is key to any business. Implementing a complete backup/recovery strategy on the iSeries is an essential part of disaster recovery. Learn about the various options and techniques to develop an iSeries backup/recovery strategy and how to test for disaster recovery.

Expert Webcast: Disaster recovery for the iSeries

Expert Webcast: Honey, I shrunk my backup/recovery windows

Vendor Webcast: Total Tape Protection Across All Platforms: Using the iSeries as an Enterprise Backup Server

Expert Advice Return to Table of Contents

You'll find much more expert advice on backup and recovery in our Ask-the-Expert feature. If you've run into a problem doing backups or restores, then pose your own question to Ken Graap.
Click below for a sampling of Ken's advice to users just like you.

Advice: Are you sure you're doing a COMPLETE backup?

Advice: Can a GO SAVE 21 be automated via a CL?

Advice: Improving backup times

Advice: Save multiple libraries to a single SAVF

Advice: Saving a backup directory

Resources

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TechTarget's ITKnowledge Exchange
Get answers to your backup and recovery questions from other TechTarget members who have expertise in that area.

Search400.com's Best Web Links on backup & recovery

Search400.com's backup & recovery search results

iSeries Information Center: Backup & recovery page

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