However, if a real full-system save has previously been done, that can probably work fine along with what you have.

If one never has been done, then it’s basically going to be a scratch install anyway. You’ll need all of the media for system functions — at V5R1, you need to be sure that all of it exists, including license keys. (You might want to export all of those ahead of time — review DSPLICKEY OUTPUT(*LICKEYFILE) and ADDLICKEY LICKEYINP(*LICKEYFILE) just in case.)

Tom

Since I’m conducting the backup remotely I don’t have access to the console. So, basically I want to perform a backup of all the critical data or close enough to option 21.

The system is going to be relocated to a different location this upcoming weekend and I just want to be careful in case we need to recover.

I think I have everything that we need but I’m just trying to cover all bases.

Close enough for what purpose? It certainly leaves out some of the most important parts of “full system” backups… e.g., the operating system and any IBM product libraries. Usually those don’t need to be saved more than once a year or so, so it might not be a big deal to skip them.

Tom