Database backup and recovery

Backing up your data regularly is an important practice in the event that data recovery is necessary. See this topic for methods of database backup and recovery.

Saving your data can be time-consuming and requires discipline. However, it is crucial that you back up your data because you never know when you might need to do a server recovery. Use the topics listed here to properly back up your data and recover it if necessary.

• Backup and recovery
  Learn how to plan a backup and recovery strategy, back up your server, manage tape libraries, set up disk protection for your data. This topic also includes information about the Backup, Recovery and Media Services plug-in to iSeries Navigator, information about recovering your server, and answers to some frequently asked questions about backup and recovery.
• Recover and restore your database
  See this article in the Database Programming topic for the tasks necessary to recover data.
• Journal management
  Use journal management to provide a means by which you can record the activity of objects on your system. This topic provides information how to set up, manage, and troubleshoot system-managed access-path protection (SMAPP), local journals, and remote journals on an iSeries server.