GO SAVE: Option 21 (saving the entire system)

Option 21 saves everything on your system and allows you to perform the save while you are not there.

Option 21 saves all of your data for additional licensed programs, such as Domino^® or System i™ integration with BladeCenter^® and System x™ (integrated servers) when you select to vary off your network server. Also, if you have Linux^® installed on a secondary logical partition, you can back up that partition when you select to vary off your network server.

Option 21 puts your system into a restricted state. This means that when the save begins, no users can access your system and the backup is the only thing that is running on your system. It is best to run this option overnight for a small system or during the weekend for larger system. If you schedule an unattended save, make sure your system is in a secure location; after you schedule the save, you will not be able to use the workstation where the backup is initiated until the save is complete.

If you are saving information on independent ASPs (also called independent disk pools in iSeries™ Navigator), make sure that you have varied on the independent ASPs that you want to save before using option 21.

Tip: If you are using the Hardware Management Console (HMC), you can perform system saves using Option 21 while you are at a remote location. For example, you can open a shared console on your HMC from your office, travel to another location and link to the shared session from there. That way, if your connection drops, you can head back to your office and finish the system save.

Option Number	Description	Commands
21	Entire server (QMNSAVE)	ENDSBS SBS(ALL) OPTION(IMMED) CHGMSGQ MSGQ(QSYSOPR) DLVRY(BREAK or NOTIFY) SAVSYS SAVLIB LIB(NONSYS) ACCPTH(YES) SAVDLO DLO(ALL) FLR(ANY) SAV DEV('/QSYS.LIB/media-device-name.DEVD') + OBJ(('/') ('/QSYS.LIB' OMIT) + ('/QDLS' OMIT))¹ UPDHST(YES) STRSBS SBSD(controlling-subsystem)
¹The command omits QSYS.LIB file system because the SAVSYS command and the SAVLIB LIB(*NONSYS) command both save it. The command omits the QDLS file system because the SAVDLO command saves it.

Option Number

Description

Commands

Entire server (QMNSAVE)

ENDSBS SBS(*ALL) OPTION(*IMMED)
CHGMSGQ MSGQ(QSYSOPR) DLVRY(*BREAK or *NOTIFY)
SAVSYS 
SAVLIB LIB(*NONSYS) ACCPTH(*YES) 
SAVDLO DLO(*ALL) FLR(*ANY)
SAV DEV('/QSYS.LIB/media-device-name.DEVD') +
    OBJ(('/*') ('/QSYS.LIB' *OMIT) +
    ('/QDLS' *OMIT))¹ UPDHST(*YES) 
STRSBS SBSD(controlling-subsystem)

¹The command omits QSYS.LIB file system because the SAVSYS command and the SAVLIB LIB(*NONSYS) command both save it. The command omits the QDLS file system because the SAVDLO command saves it.

Performing a complete save using the GO SAVE checklist provides you with step-by-step instructions on how to save your entire system with menu option 21 of the GO SAVE command.

Parent topic:

GO SAVE command menu options