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Determining When the Last Date/Time a SAVSYS and Other Save/Restore Commands Were Performed on a System

Troubleshooting


Problem

This document explains how to determine when the last SAVSYS was run on a system. It also contains a table of the data areas to determine when other save/restore commands were run on the system.

Resolving The Problem

The information that pertains to the last time SAVSYS was performed on a system is kept in data area QSYS/QSAVSYS. To determine the last time SAVSYS was done on a system, on the IBM OS/400 or IBM i5/OS command line type the following:

DSPOBJD QSAVSYS *DTAARA DETAIL(*FULL)

Press the Enter key. Page down to the last page to see the last save (and restore) date/time information. A sample of this information follows:

Display Object Description - Full
 

Object . . . . . . . :   QSAVSYS Attribute  . . . . . :  
  Library  . . . . . :     QSYS Owner  . . . . . . . :   QSYS
Type . . . . . . . . :   *DTAARA Primary group  . . . :   *NONE
Save/Restore information:
Save date/time . . . . . . . . . . : 07/05/00  10:15:11
Restore date/time  . . . . . . . . :
Save command . . . . . . . . . . . : SAVSYS
Device type  . . . . . . . . . . . : Tape
Sequence number  . . . . . . . . . : 1
Volumes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : IBMIRD
 File label ID  . . . . . . . . . . : QFILEIML
Save format  . . . . . . . . . . . : Serial


Following are other data areas that the system uses to maintain last save information for various other general save/restore commands:

Data Area Name Purpose
QSAVALLUSR S/R DIRECTORY INFO FOR SAVLIB/RSTLIB LIB(*ALLUSR)
QSAVCFG S/R DIRECTORY INFO FOR SAVCFG/RSTCFG
QSAVIBM S/R DIRECTORY INFO FOR SAVLIB/RSTLIB LIB(*IBM)
QSAVLIBALL S/R DIRECTORY INFO FOR SAVLIB/RSTLIB LIB(*NONSYS)
QSAVSTG  - V7R1 and earlier (See note 4) S/R DIRECTORY INFO FOR SAVSTG/DST RESTORE STORAGE
QSAVSYS S/R DIRECTORY INFO FOR SAVSYS
QSAVUSRPRF S/R DIRECTORY INFO FOR SAVSYS/SAVSECDTA/RSTUSRPRF
QSYSINF S/R DIRECTORY INFO FOR SAVSYSINF (Available beginning at V5R4)


Notes:
1. If UPDHST(*NO) is specified, the server does not update the Date last saved field in the object or the data area.
2. If the command DSPDTAARA is used for one of the data areas listed, the data area is blank. You must use a command similar to DSPOBJD OBJ(data_area_name) OBJTYPE(*DTAARA) DETAIL(*FULL) to determine when the data was last saved.

3. When a SAVSYS is run, the history information for the data area QSAVUSRPRF in QSYS is updated with the date, time, and place where user profiles are saved.  The history information for the data area QSAVSYS in QSYS is updated with the date, time, and place where the system is saved.  The history information for the data area QSAVCFG in QSYS is updated with the date, time, and place where configuration objects are saved.  The history information is not updated for the individual objects.

4. As the SAVSTG command was removed from the i Operating System at V7R2, the QSAVSTG data area no longer exists on systems that run V7R2 and later.

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Historical Number

20433225

Document Information

Modified date:
17 February 2025

UID

nas8N1017691

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