Save database files

Use the SAVOBJ command to save individual database files. You can use the FILEMBR (file member) parameter to save:

A list of members from one database file.
The same group of members from multiple files.

Here is what the server does when you save a database file:

Table 1. Saving database files
Type of File	What is saved
Physical file, TYPE(*DATA), keyed access path¹	Description, data, access path
Physical file, TYPE(*DATA), access path not keyed	Description, data
Physical file, TYPE(*SRC), keyed access path	Description, data
Logical file²	Description
¹ The following types of access paths are included as keyed access paths: keyed access paths, primary key constraints, unique constraints, referential constraints. ² You can save the access path for a logical file by saving the associated physical files using the SAVLIB, SAVOBJ, or SAVCHGOBJ command and specify the ACCPTH parameter..

The description for a file may include the following:

Definitions of triggers and the programs that are associated with the file, but not the programs themselves. You must save the programs separately.
Definitions of any constraints for the file.

Special considerations apply when you restore a file that has trigger programs or constraints defined. You can find additional information about how the server restores files with triggers and files with referential constraints in the Backup and Recovery book. Link
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