Identify optional features that affect your backup

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Do you use user-defined file systems on this system?

A user-defined file system (UDFS) is a file system that a user creates and manages. To determine if you have any UDFS on your system, use one of the following methods:

Using iSeries Navigator

Using iSeries Navigator expand your serverFile Systems > Integrated File System > Root > dev > QASPxx or select the name of an independent disk pool. If UDFS objects exist, they will appear in the right-hand pane.

Using the character-based interface

  1. At a command line, specify wrklnk '/dev' .
  2. On the Work with Object Links screen, select option 5 to display the contents of the dev directory.
  3. Locate object links beginning with QASPxx or the name of an independent disk pool, and select Option 5 to display the UDFS within the auxiliary storage pool (ASP).

Do you use virtual storage?

Virtual media simulates tape, CD or DVD images that are stored directly on your server disk units. To determine if you store virtual images in image catalogs, do the following:

  1. At a command line, specify WRKIMGCLG.
    Note: The Work with Image Catalogs (WRKIMGCLG) window displays the name of the image catalog, the status, and the virtual type.

Do you use independent disk pools?

An independent disk pool is a collection of disk units that can be brought online or taken offline independent of the rest of the storage on a system. If you have the necessary authority, you can check whether independent disk pools are configured on your system. Using iSeries Navigator expand your serverConfiguration and Service > Hardware > Disk Units > Disk pools folder. Independent disk pools are numbered 33-255.

Have you configured independent disk pools to switch between systems in a cluster

An iSeries™ cluster is a collection or group of one or more servers or logical partitions that work together as a single server. If you have the required authority you can check to see if your independent disk pool is switchable between systems in a cluster.

  1. Using iSeries Navigator expand your serverConfiguration and Service > Hardware > Disk Units > Disk pools
  2. Independent disk pool are numbered somewhere between 33 and 255. Right-click the independent disk pool and select Properties.
  3. On the Disk Pool Properties page the General tab displays the field Switchable: Yes if you have configured your independent disk pool to switch between systems.

Do you use WebSphere MQ, V5.3 on this system?

The IBM® WebSphere® MQ for iSeries, V5.3, licensed program provides application programming services that enable you to code indirect program-to-program communications that use message queues. This allows programs to communicate with each other independently of their platforms, for example, between OS/390(R) and i5/OS(R).

To check whether you have installed WebSphere MQ, or V5.3 use one of the following methods:

Using iSeries Navigator

Using iSeries Navigator expand your server Configuration and Service > Software > Installed Products. WebSphere MQ, V5.3, is product 5724b41, IBM WebSphere MQ for iSeries

Using the character-based interface

  1. At a command line, specify GO LICPGM.
  2. Specify option 10 to display installed licensed programs.
  3. If WebSphere MQ for iSeries is installed, 5724B41 appear in the Description column of one of the 5722SS1 lines.
  4. If MQ is installed, the Work with Queue Managers (WRKMQM) command allows you to see if you have configured any queue managers.

Do you use OptiConnect controllers?

OptiConnect is the iSeries system area network that provides high-speed interconnectivity between multiple iSeries systems in a local environment.

To check whether you have installed OptiConnect, use one of the following methods:

Using iSeries Navigator

Using iSeries Navigator expand your serverConfiguration and Service > Installed Products > Software. OptiConnect is option 0023 of product 5722-ss1, i5/OS™ - OptiConnect.

Using the character-based interface

  1. At a command line, specify GO LICPGM.
  2. Specify option 10 to display installed licensed programs.
  3. If OptiConnect is installed, OptiConnect will appear under the Description column for Licensed Program 5722SS1.

Do you use network servers?

Network servers enable you to run other operating systems on your iSeries server. Examples of network servers include running Windows® operating systems using iSeries Integration for Windows Server, or running Linux® in a guest partition.

Do you use the Hardware Management Console for eServer?

If you have an eServer™ 5xxx, your server may be equipped with a Hardware Management Console (HMC). An HMC is required if you use capacity on demand or logical partitions.