Back up user-defined disk drives for an integrated Windows server

The disk drives that you create for your integrated servers are in the integrated file system. To save these storage spaces from the user disk pool (ASP) on i5/OS™, you use the Save (SAV) command.

Note:

Treat a network server description (NWSD), its predefined disk drives, and any user-defined disk drives linked to it as a unit. Save and restore them at the same time. They constitute a full system and should be treated as such. Otherwise, the integrated server may not be able to re-establish items such as Windows server File System permissions.

To save disk drives in a user disk pool (ASP) on i5/OS, do this:

1. If you are saving to tape, ensure that you have mounted a tape that is formatted for i5/OS.
2. For network server storages spaces created in an independent disk pool, verify that the auxiliary storage pool (ASP) device is varied on before saving the 'dev/independent ASP name/stgspc.UDFS' object.
3. Shut down the integrated server by varying off the network server description to prevent users from updating files during the backup. See Start and stop an integrated server.
4. On the i5/OS command line, type SAV and press F4.
5. If you are saving the storage space to tape, specify the name of your tape device (for example, /QSYS.LIB/TAP01.DEVD) in the Device field.

   If you are saving the storage space to a save file instead of to tape, specify the path to the save file as the device. (For example, to use a save file named MYSAVF in library WINBACKUP, you would specify: '/QSYS.LIB/WINBACKUP.LIB/MYSAVF.FILE') for the device.) Otherwise, use the name of your device (for example, /QSYS.LIB/TAP01.DEVD).

6. In the Name field under Objects:, specify '/QFPNWSSTG/stgspc' and also 'dev/QASPnn/stgspc.UDFS', where stgspc is the name of the network server storage space and xx is the number of the disk pool.
   • For storage spaces created in a user disk pool, use /QFPNWSSTG/stgspcand also dev/QASPnn/stgspc.UDFS, where stgspcis the name of the network server storage space and xx is the number of the user disk pool.
   • For an independent disk pool, use /QFPNWSSTG/stgspc and also dev/independent ASP name/stgspc.UDFS where independent ASP name is the name of the independent disk pool and stgspcis the name of the network server storage space.
7. Specify values for any other parameters that you want and press Enter to save the storage space.
8. Start the Windows server. See Start and stop an integrated server.

You can find more information about backing up system objects and the appropriate save commands in Backup, recovery, and availability.

The method that is described above allows you to back up and recover entire network server storage spaces. To back up and recover individual files, you can use the new function: Back up individual integrated Windows server files and directories.