Saving IBM i server objects in i

When an IBM® i logical partition uses i resources, the i logical partition that provides the virtual I/O resources stores the information for the i logical partition that uses the virtual I/O resources in i objects. i can restore the objects correctly only if you save all objects for an i logical partition that uses i virtual I/O resources.

You can save these objects by using options of the i GO SAVE command in the server.

Option 21 saves the entire server.
Option 22 saves system data, which includes objects in the QUSRSYS library.
Option 23 saves all user data, which includes objects in the QFPNWSSTG library.

You can also use any save or restore command, or any Backup, Recovery, and Media Services (BRMS) function to save i server objects.

If you want to save a particular object, use the following table to see the location of that object on i and the command to use.

Table 1. Objects to save for logical partitions with virtual disk
Object content	Object name	Object location	Object type	Save command
Guest partition and virtual disk drive	stgspc	/QFPNWSSTG	User-defined network-server storage spaces in system auxiliary storage pool (ASP)	GO SAV, option 21 or 23
				SAV OBJ('/QFPNWSSTG/stgspc') DEV('/QSYS.LIB/TAP01.DEVD')
			User-defined network-server storage spaces in user ASP	SAV OBJ(('/QFPNWSSTG/stgspc') ('/dev/QASPnn /stgspc.UDFS')) DEV('/QSYS.LIB/TAP01.DEVD')

Table 2. Objects to save for all logical partitions with a server
Object content	Object name	Object location	Object type	Save command
Messages from the logical partition	Various	Various	Server message queue	GO SAVE, option 21 or 23
Messages from the logical partition	Various	Various	Server message queue	SAVOBJ OBJ(msg) LIB(qlibrary) DEV(TAP01) OBJTYPE(*MSGQ)
IBM i configuration objects for logical partitions	Various	QSYS	Device configuration objects	GO SAVE, option 21, 22, or 23
IBM i configuration objects for logical partitions	Various	QSYS	Device configuration objects	SAVOBJ DEV (TAPO1)
Various	Various	QUSRSYS	Various	GO SAVE, option 21 or 23
Various	Various	QUSRSYS	Various	SAVLIB LIB(NONSYS) or LIB(ALLUSR)

You can save and restore network server storage spaces on the i logical partition that uses i virtual resources; however, you cannot save and restore individual files.