RE: Saving the IFS

["Jones, John \(US\)" <John.Jones@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Create a share for the IFS root directory.  Then create this batch file:


NET USE Z: \\iseries\root password /USER:userid
ECHO QSYS.LIB > %TEMP%\OMITLIST
XCOPY Z:*.* C:\ISERIESBACKUP /H/I/C/K/E/R/Y/D /EXCLUDE:%TEMP%\OMITLIST
DEL %TEMP%\OMITLIST

Where "iseries" is the domain name or IP address of your iSeries,
"userid" is user profile on the iSeries with sufficient authority to
read the IFS, and "password" is the password for userid.

If you want to exclude other directories in addition to QSYS.LIB, add
additional ECHO commands _after_ the first one as follows:
ECHO dirname >> %TEMP%\OMITLIST
The >> is intentional and means append to the file.

I have not tested the above in total, however the NET USE works and I
use XCOPY with the listed parms sans the /EXCLUDE all the time.

That said, this may not capture everything so be sure to watch for
messages.

Also, this does an incremental backup - anything on the source that is
newer or newly exists is copied to the target.  That way you're not
copying the entire IFS dir structure every time; just the changes.  The
first time you run it the batch will copy everything, after that it
should be much quicker.

John A. Jones, CISSP
Americas Information Security Officer
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.
V: +1-630-455-2787 F: +1-312-601-1782
john.jones@xxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Cavaiani
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:20 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Saving the IFS

Lukas,

I guess I am thinking that this would be done from the Windows side -
with just a xcopy command which would access (by drive letter) and copy
all of the IFS '\'.  Just not sure what the exact format/procedure would
be. Wondering if anyone has already tried that?

Thanks,
Don

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lukas Beeler
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 6:02 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Saving the IFS

Hi Don,

Your question isn't as easy to answer as it might seem.

There's the SAV command, which can be used to save IFS objects to a save
file. I'm not sure if you can create save files on the QNTC filesystem,
which would allow you to access a remote windows pc (without any special
software installed, the SMB Server is standard with every windows
install). Using SAV would probably be the most complete way to generate
a backup off your files.

There are other options, like creating tar or zip archives using the tar
or jar command respectively in the Q-Shell environment (started with the
command STRQSH). You could save these directly to the QNTC filesystem,
but you would lose authorities etc. on your files if you choose this
route.

What do you want to achieve? I would recommend doing a Save 21 at least
weekly, which includes a save of the IFS (to tape).

Hope this helps,

Lukas

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Cavaiani
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 12:51 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Saving the IFS

Is there a single command which will copy the entire IFS onto a PC hard
drive (as a backup)?  Would I need Client Access installed on the PC?

Don F. Cavaiani
IT Manager
Amerequip Corp.
920-894-7063
 
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