Systems management:
Backup and recovery

This category contains information on how to plan a backup and recovery strategy and how to back up your server. It also includes information about the Backup, Recovery and Media Services plug-in to iSeries(TM) Navigator, information about recovering your server, and answers to some frequently asked questions about backup and recovery.

Plan a backup and recovery strategy
Saving the information on your server is 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 system recovery. This information helps you plan a strategy that you can use to ensure that all of your data is backed up in a timely fashion and in such a way that you can recover it easily.

Backup, Recovery and Media Services
Backup, Recovery and Media Services (BRMS) helps you implement a disciplined approach to managing your backups, and provides you with an orderly way to retrieve lost or damaged data and to manage media. Many functions of BRMS are available through a plug-in to iSeries Navigator.

Back up your server
Use this information to learn the various ways that you can back up your system and implement your save strategy. If you have a simple strategy, you can use Save menu option 21 of the GO SAVE command. If you have a medium to complex strategy, you can save parts of your system manually, you can save your system while it is active, or you can save your system with multiple devices.

Recover your server
Use this information to learn ways to recover your system. This information provides links to the Backup and Recovery manual and information center topics that provide recovery information.

Backup and recovery FAQ
Use these frequently asked questions to access backup and recovery procedures and concepts. The FAQ has links that take you to a specific information center topic or section of the Backup and Recovery manual that contains the answer to your question.

Control server shutdown using a power-handling program
This information describes how you can prevent server functions from ending abnormally in the event of a power loss.

Related information
Backup and recovery related information contains technical, know-how, and "how to" information.