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Save and Restore

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IBM i - Add ZStandard (ZSTD) to compression algorithms when saving and restoring with SAV* / RST* commands and BRMS

ZSTD can provide a high compression ratio with a low CPU usage. We could compress image catalog files (tape and udf) using ZSTD faster than GZIP or PIGZ, and using less CPU. This could improve backups to remote image catalogs, some VTLs (QuadStor ...
9 months ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 1 Not under consideration

WRKIMGCLG should not delete images without asking for confirmation

By default, DLTIMGCLG uses KEEP(*YES) to keep images that are part of an image catalog when one is deleted. WRKIMGCLG, on the other hand, offers a 4 Delete option that deletes the images without prompting. At the very least this should work the sa...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 2 Functionality already exists

provide warning PRB during save problem

in S/R flight recorders when bad tape response time appears or media problem or numerous retry due to media error, please provide a warning PRB saying that problem occurs during save /restore process; In our case (TS003851510) usual save process i...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 3 Not under consideration

allow user storage limit to be exceeded while saving journaled objects

Allow user storage limitations to be exceeded while saving journaled objects.Lets assume we have one or more users with limited storage MAXSTG(). This user owns a library and a journal. When saving objects in the library, journal entries Y/YS or D...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 4 Not under consideration

BRMS NOCMTBDY option to be ignored for Q libraries

BRMS *NOCMTBDY save-while-active option should not drop Q* libraries as it becomes unusable. Instead, Q* libraries should still be included but *NOCMTBDY to be ignored. Use Case: Without the change, 1 backup done with *NOCMTBDY for *ALLUSR is requ...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 5 Not under consideration

Create a new GO SAVE option to save all the OS

Sometimes, when migrating a system to the cloud, we use a save-and-restore method for migration. We take Option 22 for the basic OS on Virtual Optical media to install using NFS and Option 23/21 on Virtual Tape for the data, because is faster. But...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 1 Future consideration

Add physical bytes used on media to QSRSAV format for save output

We currently have no way to know how much space is used and how much is available on our LTO media until we fill the tape. The save commands support output to a file in QSRSAV format, which includes the original size of the objects that were saved...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 3 Future consideration

SAVRSTxxx

Would it possible to add the feature to specify more then one destiny maschine? Use Case: Deploy a programm to more then one maschine in one command
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 4 Not under consideration

New MONMSG For a CPF message

Saving SAVLIB(*ALLUSR) SPLFDTA(*ALL) Looking at my nightsave joblog:1. I got a CPD33A8 (diagnostic) that save could not be completed because of open spoolfile  In understand and this is right for me2. Next we got a CPF3771 (diagnostic) that … obj...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 2 Not under consideration

Add an ENDOPT parameter to the RUNBCKUP command

Running backups in WRKJOBSCDE would be enhanced when using virtual tape drive if there was an ENDOPT parameter to the RUNBCKUP command so that one could just run RUNBCKUP BCKUPOPT(*DAILY) ENDOPT(*UNLOAD). This would prevent the need for an exit pr...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 2 Future consideration

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