Save your files

After you finish the necessary preliminaries (see Preliminary administrator setup tasks), you are ready to back up integrated server files on i5/OS™. To be able to restore a directory or file by share name, you must specify that file or share name specifically on the SAV command.

Note:
To avoid duplicating data, be careful specifying what you want to save on the SAV command. If you specify multiple share names that point to the same directory on the integrated server, i5/OS saves the data multiple times.

To specify what you want i5/OS to save, do this:

  1. Ensure that the integrated server is active (described in Start and stop an integrated server). Also ensure that the QSYSWRK subsystem, QSERVER, and TCP/IP are active (you can do this by using the Work with Active Jobs (WRKACTJOB) command).
  2. On the i5/OS command line, type SAV and press F4.
  3. In the Device field, specify the device on which you want i5/OS to save the data. For example, 'QSYS.LIB/TAP01.DEVD' saves the data to tape.
  4. In the Object field, specify what you want i5/OS to save in the form '/QNTC/servername/sharename'

    You can use wildcard characters. Refer to Examples: How to address parts of an integrated Windows server for how to specify particular parts of the integrated server.

  5. Use the Directory subtree field to specify whether you want to save subtrees under a directory. The default is to save all directories.
  6. To specify that you want to save changes since the last save, specify *LASTSAVE in the Change period field. You can also specify a specific range of dates and times.
  7. Press Enter to save the shares that you specified.