This chapter contains complete information on how to use the STORE
command to store files to backup media. STORE can be used to back up
a single file, all user, system, and system directory files (that is, a full
system backup), or any number of files in between.
The information in this chapter describes how to use the STORE command
and its options to create backups that can be restored using the
RESTORE command. The subjects are:
Specifying files in the STORE command
Using indirect files
Using filesets with the RENAME option
Storing database files
Storing to labeled tapes
Monitoring STORE command progress
Use the STORE command, and optionally the FILE command, to
store a file or set of files. A FILE command is used to assign a
filename to a backup device. A STORE command names the files to store
and the options to use.
The STORE command options for naming files let you name
a single file, several files, or all the files on the system. The
group of files to store is called a fileset. In addition to naming many
kinds of filesets, you can name filesets to exclude from the backup.
Refer to Chapter 6,"STORE and TurboSTORE Options," for a description
of each of the STORE options. For example, you can print a list of
all files stored, purge disk files immediately after storing them
to backup, or request progress messages that show the status of
the STORE process on the console.
Additionally, the MPE/iX command, VSTORE, allows you to verify that
the data written to backup using the STORE program is valid. Refer to
Chapter 9, "When STORE is Complete," for a description of using
VSTORE, and Chapter 11, "Restoring Files," for descriptions of the
VSTORE options, which are essentially the same as the RESTORE
options.
Files can be stored to a single backup device or to multiple
backup devices in several configurations. You can also store files
in interleave format. Use multiple backup devices and interleave
format to increase performance when you have a large set of files
to store, for example, when you are performing a full system backup.
See Chapter 3 for information on preparing backup devices.
CAUTION: Do not use the STORE or RESTORE programs to
transfer any of the files that originally came from your system load tape (SLT)
from LDEV 1 to a disk other than LDEV 1. These files reside in the SYS
account and can be displayed by entering the SHOW command in the SY
configurator of the SYSGEN utility.
Also, do not purge or put a lockword on these files. Finally,
do not use any command other than SYSGEN to manage the files within
a configuration group. These configuration files come as a set and
individual files may not be moved between groups or systems. Such
actions will make these system files inaccessible causing problems
either immediately or at a later time.