There are many commands executed by an Option 21 save. Be aware that all system activity must be stopped during this save because it saves everything.

If there are custom sub-systems running on your system, those need to be stopped manually. For example, we run ASNA’s DataGate products, which run in their own sub-sytems. Even though the documentation says that all sub-systems are ended, we discovered that custom sub-systems did not end, which caused the save to hang up. Once we manually ended those sub-systems the save started running.

Cabrr

This is what occurring while Option 21 (SAVALL) is running.

Select this option to save the entire system (except contents of
message, job, output, and data queues.)

This option performs the following operations:
Starts the save immediately
Changes the system operator (QSYSOPR) message queue to
*BREAK or *NOTIFY delivery mode
Ends all subsystems
Backs up:

Licensed internal code
The system library (QSYS)
Security objects, including user profiles
Device configuration objects
All IBM-supplied libraries including those containing
user data
All user libraries
All mail
All folders
All documents
All objects in directories

Starts the controlling subsystem
This option runs the following commands:

ENDSBS SBS(*ALL) OPTION(*IMMED)
SAVSYS
SAVLIB LIB(*NONSYS) ACCPTH(*YES)
SAVDLO DLO(*ALL) FLR(*ANY)
SAV OBJ((‘/*’) (‘/QSYS.LIB’ *OMIT)
(‘/QDLS’ *OMIT)) UPDHST(*YES)
STRSBS SBSD(controlling-subsystem)

Cabrr,

The actual CL Program that is executed behind option 21 is QMNSAVE in the QSYS library. If you do a RTVCLSRC you can see the actual code that is used.

Hope this helps,
Bill Poulin

WPOULIN,
This is what I have been waiting for. I appreciate all of the other comments, but I already knew all of that.
Thanks , cabrr