Restoring the NWSD and virtual storage for integrated servers
One method of restoring your integrated server data is to restore the Network Server Description (NWSD) and virtual disk drives (virtual storage) that IBM® i associates with that server. It is the fastest method for restoring large amounts of data.
If you used file-level backup, you can also restore specific integrated server files.
When you restore saved objects from IBM i, you need to be aware of these considerations: