Performing an Offline Backup of the Entire System Including the SAP System

• All users are logged off and all SAP systems are stopped.

  This is important because the operating system will shut down all subsystems before starting the offline backup.

• You are working at the console, and you are logged on as QSECOFR or as a user with *SAVSYS rights and authorization to start and end subsystems.

• You have enough storage tapes available to hold the complete backup of your system.

1. Enter command GO SAVE.

   The Save menu appears.

2. Select option 21 ( Entire system).

   Note

   This ends all active subsystems, saves all system and user data, and starts the controlling subsystem. When starting the controlling subsystem, the automatic startup program that is specified in system value QSTRUPPGM is executed automatically and all other subsystems are started again.

3. Verify that the backup is complete. To look for error messages, enter the command DSPJOBLOG.

   Note

   If errors occurred, your backup might not be complete and usable for recovery.

4. If your SAP systems are not started automatically by the system startup program, start your SAP systems now.

For more information about a system backup, see the IBM Backup and Recovery documentation.