SAVSYS

ending a savsys if tape is bad

our tape is not advancing in the backup operation - how to end the job? so we can restart the backup with a new tape? Software/Hardware used: as/400 r5v4, ultrium tape, 3490 tape drive

SAVSYS vs Daily Backups

My question is about the AS/400 and SAVSYS. Is it true that a daily backup process backs-up everything that has changed since the last SAVSYS? I’m being told that all changes (including data, programs and patches) are backed up as part of the daily backup. They also tell me that the daily...

Do we need to run SAVSYS every 6 months ?

With the new iSeries box.I wonder do we need to run SAVSYS from time to time ? Thanks

SRC C167280A/C1F7280A

Hi, We are at a DR test site and on the first stage of IPL'ing from the SAVSYS tape, the IPL is still progressing with the SRC - C167280A/C1F7280A. Now are these SRC's quite normal?

How do I NOT save a file

Once a month we run an Entire System Save. For reasons that are hard to explain I would like to Not save several files when we do a System Save. IBM has given me a couple of options. One being to FTP the file to a server, delete it, run the save then FTP file back to the library. The second...

Increasingly lengthy SAVSYS times

Our time required for SAVSYS is growing, and we have not had much success with IBM on getting answers on why and how to fix. We orginally thought the bulk of the time was with the SAVSECDTA, and then discovered user profiles owning large numbers of objects - most being scanned images. However, the...