Re: Backup using Save Files

A save file is a special type of physical file.  One member only, 528 bytes
per record.  You can actually read and write yourself in using the OVRSAVF
command, although that's about as exciting as kissing your sister.

They hang around your system until you clear them (CLRSAVF) or delete them
(DLTF).  Cleared save files consume nominal space.

Al

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Just tried it and it was pretty adamant about only one library per save
file.


Out of curiosity, what happens to the save files after they are created?

I create save files of all of our production libraries every night and
push them to our backup i5 where they are both stored until the next
night, and backed up to tape.


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cherylr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>Hi there
>
>We currently do not have a tape drive attached to every AS400 that we are
>running.
>
>We're converting our backups to make use of Save Files instead of a tape
>device being directly attached.
>
>Is there any way to get around the SAVLIB limitation of only saving 1
>library per save file?
>
>Thanks!
>Cheryl Rogers
>Weekenders International
>
>
>

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