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Status Future consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories Save and Restore
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 16, 2026

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Proactive Monitoring and Alerting for Save Operation Object Limits on IBM i

Currently, IBM i lacks a built-in monitoring or alerting capabilities related to internal save operation limits, particularly concerning the number of objects processed in a single save request.

While a library can support up to approximately 1,000,000 objects, practical limitations in save operations (e.g., SAVLIB, SAVOBJ, or BRMS saves) restrict a single save to roughly ~100,000–120,000 objects. Without proactive alerting, unplanned backup outage would occured. This would be a potential operational risk.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Jun 22, 2026
    IBM will use this Idea as input to planning, but no commitment is made or implied. This Idea will be updated in the future if IBM implements it. IBM will use votes and comments from others in the community to help prioritize this Idea.

    - IBM Power Systems Development
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  • Guest
    Jun 19, 2026

    Would an informational message sent during save that indicates the limit is being approached be sufficient or would system level monitoring be required?

    1 reply
  • Guest
    May 5, 2026
    IBM i already includes built-in monitoring to help prevent storage issues. The system automatically tracks overall disk utilization and sends a warning message when usage reaches a defined threshold. By default, this occurs at 90% capacity, at which point message CPF0907 (Storage Threshold Exceeded) is sent to the system operator queue (QSYSOPR).

    As a best practice, many environments lower this threshold to around 85%. This provides additional lead time to take corrective action before system performance begins to degrade (typically around 90%) or more serious issues can occur as utilization approaches 95% and above.

    While this monitoring is not specific to backups, it effectively covers all storage usage on the system, including backup-related growth.

    - IBM Power Systems Development
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