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Back Up Your System
IBM strongly recommends that you save your system to removable media at this time. This removable
media provides you with system integrity should you need to recover from a failure. Periodically saving
your system data is critical.
For additional protection against a media problem, we recommend that you either save your system
twice or make a copy. An important part of a good save procedure is to have more than one set of
removable media.
Note: This procedure will take at least 1.5 hours to complete.
__ 1. Find the blank tape cartridge. This is the tape that you will use for saving the system.
The following steps help you save your system information for recovery purposes; do not use
them as your backup and recovery strategy. You must create your own backup and recovery
strategy. For information on how to maintain your system and protect it against disaster, go to
the iSeries Information Center, SK3T-4091-04 or the following Web site
http://www.ibm.com/eserver/iseries/infocenter. Read this information after you finish
installing and setting up your system.
If a system failure results in a loss of system information, use the backup tape to load the
information back into the system. Refer to "Selecting the Right Recovery Strategy" in the Backup
and Recovery, SC41-5304-07 book, to determine which recovery checklist you need to use. The type
of failure you had and your system configuration are factors you need to consider when selecting
the correct recovery checklist. For a complete system recovery, refer to "Recovering Information
on Your System" in the Backup and Recovery book.
__ 2. Are you using tape for your back up?
v Yes: Continue with the next step.
v No: Go to step 4 on page 6.
__ 3. Do the following to initialize the tape:
a. Label the tape that came with your system SAVT01 as the 'New Volume Identifier'.
b. Insert the tape until it stops.
Note: To set the tension, the tape unit rewinds the tape. This may take a few minutes.
You can proceed to the next step. You do not need to wait for the tape unit to stop.
c. Select General system tasks on the Main Menu. Press Enter.
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