Re: Full system back up.

Griz,

Some things do act differently during a backup if you just bring it down 
to a restricted state and start backing up.  Mostly with things many shops 
do not have, like IASP's, etc.  So if you're using any of these, read up 
on them.

I would recommend doing a WRKCFGSTS *NWS and varying all of them off prior 
to steps to bring your system into a restricted state.  If you have any of 
these they may take some time to vary off.  Then again, it takes awhile to 
do a PWRDWNSYS on your i5 so why wouldn't it take awhile to do the 
equivalent on a Windows or Linux box.

You need to read the "Backup and Recovery Guide".  SAVSYS is explained 
there.

Time estimates  (HH:MM)
                                                         SAVLIB IFS
CPU      TAPE  DISK   USED  RCLDLO RGZDLO RCLSTG  SAVSYS *NONSYS SAVDLO 
SAV
270-23F1 3582  140.6 63.71%                 1:12    :11    :58 :28
570-7470 3582 3810.0 89.14%  :16            5:06    :06   2:21    :03 6:42
520-7453 3582  776.2 70.62%  :03            4:35    :06   3:23    :02 1:01
570-7470 3582  211.6 28.98%                  :14    :05    :13 :08
270-2454 3581  527.4 92.61%                  :34    :06    :22 6:22
* 570 has 2 lpar's.  Larger lpar has some very significant directories 
omitted from the save

Rob Berendt