BACKUPS are your most valuable safety resource. The loss of your computer and/or data could devastate your company. A backup could save unbelievable expense reproducing data after a hard drive crash, theft, or act of nature.
Recommendations:
Full System Backup – Quarterly and after any IBM or AgVantage Software Version Upgrades and Hardware Upgrades
Weekly Backup – If the Daily backup is not getting all your libraries backed up
Daily Backup – Backup up all libraries rotating a minimum of two weeks of tapes, four weeks is recommended.
Quarterly -Test your tapes by restoring a file Full System tape and Daily Backup tapes.
Care & Handling of Tapes:
Store media offsite (far enough away that a disaster won’t strike both facilities), in a cool, dry, safe location. Also keep a full backup copy onsite.
Always store a data cartridge in its protective plastic container.
When possible, store a data cartridge in a room or environmental condition of 68F ± 9F (20C ± 5C), 50% RH ± 20% RH.
Do not store a data cartridge in direct sunlight.
Always rewind the data cartridge to either the BOT (Beginning-Of-Tape) or the EOT (End-Of-Tape) before removing it from the drive.
Always store the data cartridge in a horizontal position (metal baseplate down on a flat surface).
Clean the data cartridge drive's magnetic read-write head on a regular basis
DO NOT CLEAN THE TAPE nor touch the tape or the data cartridges drive roller with your fingers or other foreign objects
Setup Backups - Go Backup – option 1 (daily) and 2 (if you do a weekly backup)
SETUPBCKUP Set Up Backup
System:
To select one of the following, type its number below and press Enter:
1. Change daily backup options
2. Change weekly backup options
3. Change monthly backup options
10. Change library backup list
11. Change folder backup list
20. Change backup schedule
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Change Daily Backup Options
System: S1058XKM
Type choices below, then press Enter.
Where to back up:
Backup device . . . . . . . . . . . . . TAP01 Name, F4 for list
Tape sets to rotate . . . . . . . . . . BACK Name, *ANY
Erase tape before backup . . . . . . . . Y Y=Yes, N=No
Change Daily Backup Options
System: S1058XKM
Type choices below, then press Enter.
What to back up:
User libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1=Selected from list
2=All
3=None
Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1=Selected from list
2=All
3=None
User directories . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2=All
3=None
Security data . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Y=Yes, N=No
Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Y=Yes, N=No
How to back up:
Save changed objects only . . . . . . . N Y=Yes, N=No
Submit backup as a batch job . . . . . . Y Y=Yes, N=No
Print detailed report . . . . . . . . . N Y=Yes, N=No
Make these steps part of your regular routine
Verify the backup completed daily
Store tapes off-site
Clean tape Drive
View iSeries History
DSPLOG – to view the Backup completed.
53 objects saved from library WFLIB.
52 objects saved from library WFLIB001.
49 objects saved from library WFLIB002.
17 objects saved from library WH.
202 objects saved from library WHQRY.
14 objects saved from library QUSRBRM.
BACKUPS ARE COMPLETE
View Backup Status
Go Backup
Option 10. Set up backup
Option 10. Change library backup list
Review this list. Verify Changed libraries are backed up.
Change Library Backup List
System:
Find library . . . . . . Starting characters
Type options below, then press Enter.
2=Change backup 5=Display library contents 8=Display details
-----------Backup----------- Last
Opt Library Daily Weekly Monthly Backup Changed
#LIBRARY Yes Yes Yes 07/26/05 No
AGVQUERY Yes Yes Yes 07/26/05 No
AGVWORK Yes Yes Yes 07/26/05 Yes
WRKACTJOB – to display the status of the job
View why your Backup didn’t complete
Resolve issue so backup can continue normally
QBATCH QSYS SBS .0 DEQW
QEZBACKMOM SCMS BCH .0 PGM-FUPDLY LCKW
Backup verification takes less than 5 minutes a day and priceless Security.
For those using a Backup Recovery and Media Services (BRMS) for iSeries, you may verify the backup following the same above steps. In addition BRMS offers many Reports.
GO BRMS - Option 12 Reports
BRMS Backup Recovery and Media Services for iSeries
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Select one of the following:
1. Media management
2. Backup
3. Archive
4. Recovery
5. Migration
10. Scheduling
11. Policy administration
12. Reports
20. Start console monitor
Try Reports from Options 2, 6, 22, & 26
BRMRPT Reports
Media
1. Print expired media
2. Print media report
3. Print media classes
4. Print media policies
5. Print media statistics
6. Print media information
. . .
Backup
. . .
22. Print backup log
Recovery
. . .
26. Print save strategy exceptions
. . .
iSeries Backup Routines (Download) 
For further assistance contact support@agvantage.com.
