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Status Delivered
Workspace IBM i
Categories Save and Restore
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 1, 2017

Add parameter to RSTOBJ command

In the RSTOBJ command parameters it would be great to let you filter by attribute as well (FILEATR), in case you select *FILE would also specify the type (*PF, *LF, *PRTF, *DSPF, etc.)

OBJTYPE > *FILE
FILEATR > *PF


Use Case:

We usually have some requests to restore from backup only "data files", PF and LF, and command only let you select OBJTYPE *FILE, then also restores PRTFs, DSPFs, MSGFs, etc.


Idea priority Low
  • Guest
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    Sep 7, 2017

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Power Systems
    Product - IBM i
    Component - Save, Restore
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - Other

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Power Systems
    Product - IBM i
    Component - BRMS
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - Other

  • Guest
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    Feb 16, 2017

    IBM believes that the request described has been solved and is available with Release 7.2. The SELECT parameter was added to the RSTOBJ and RSTLIB commands. The attribute of the file or object can be specified on the SELECT parameter.

  • Guest
    Reply
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    Feb 16, 2017

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Power Systems
    Product - IBM i
    Component - BRMS, Save, Restore
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - Other

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Power Systems
    Product - IBM i
    Component - Core OS
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - Other