Save and restore considerations

Directory Server stores data and configuration information in several locations.

Directory Server stores information in the following locations:

• The database library (QUSRDIRDB by default), which contains the directory servers contents.
  Note: You can see which database library you are using on the Database/Suffixes tab of the IBM Directory Server Properties panel in theIBM® Navigator for i. From IBM i 7.1, The libraray might reside in an IASP device.
• The QDIRSRV2 library, which is used to store publishing information.
• The QUSRSYS library, which stores various items in objects beginning with QGLD (specify QUSRSYS/QGLD* to save them).
• If you configure the directory server to log directory changes, a database library called QUSRDIRCL that the change log uses. From IBM i 7.1, The libraray might reside in an IASP device.

If the contents of the directory change regularly, you should save your database library and the objects in it on a regular basis. Configuration data is also stored in the following directory:

/QIBM/UserData/OS400/Dirsrv/

You should also save the files in that directory whenever you change the configuration or apply PTFs.