Re: BRMS IFS save - *LINK vs QALLUSRLNK

On May 20, 2021, at 2:45 PM, Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Ask yourself this:
- Have you upgraded systems and/or save system since you made that decision?
- How much time and/or storage does saving the additional stuff really add on?
- Is this time and/or storage savings worth complicating your restore?

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Reviewing BRMS save strategy.
Years back, IBM suggested using QALLUSRLNK vs *LINK.
QALLUSRLNK saves /*, but omits the system IFS data directories.
These omits include

/QIBM/ProdData
/QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData

At the time, this made sense and shortened the save a bit.
But from a recovery standpoint, probably not good, as these directories would be missed.
I'm thinking of switching back to *LINK.

What are others in the group using?
Any thoughts from the group?

Thank You
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