Backing up and recovering integrated servers

You can use either IBM i or native integrated server utilities or a combination of both to manage backups. When you are planning your backup strategy, refer to the Backup and recovery topic, as well as Microsoft or VMware documentation.

To back up an integrated server on IBM i, you have these basic options:

• Do a full system backup on your IBM i system. See the topic Backing up your system.
• Back up the network server description (NWSD), virtual storage, and other objects that are associated with the integrated server on IBM i. See Backing up the NWSD and other objects associated with integrated servers.
• Back up individual integrated Windows server files by using the IBM i Save (SAV) command and IBM i NetServer. See Backing up individual integrated Windows server files and directories.
• Back up individual integrated server files by using native integrated server operating system utilities, such as the Windows Server 2003 Backup utility.

Your recovery options depend on how you backed up your system, as well as what you need to recover.

• If you need to recover your entire system, see the Backup and recovery topic collection.
• If you need to restore a network server description and its associated IBM i virtual storage, or other IBM i objects, refer to Restoring the NWSD and other objects associated with integrated servers.
• To restore integrated server data (files, directories, shares, and the Windows registry) that you backed up with the Save (SAV) command, see Restoring individual integrated Windows server files and directories.
• If you used a program such as the Windows Server 2003 Backup utility or tar to save your files, use that program to restore the files.

Use these tasks to back up and recover integrated servers.