Methods to save user-defined file systems

Table 1. User-defined file systems information
Item description	When changes occur	Contains user data or changes?	IBM-supplied data?
User-defined file systems	User-defined file systems change regularly.	Yes	Some

You should unmount all user-defined file systems before you perform the save operation. You can perform this option from the GO SAVE command menu if you select option 21, 22, or 23. Then select Y at the Unmount file systems prompt on the Specify Command Defaults screen.

Common save method for user-defined file systems (UDFS)	Requires restricted state?
SAV	No¹
GO SAVE command, menu option 21	Yes

¹: Important: For procedures where the server does not require a restricted state, you must ensure that the server can get the locks necessary to save the information. You should put your server in a restricted state whenever you save multiple libraries, documents, or directories, unless you use the save-while-active function.