Performing Manual Backups
If you schedule all your backup set saves as Robot Schedule jobs, you may never need to run a backup set manually. You don’t need to run backups manually if all your backups are automatic and unattended. But, if you need to run a backup set at a time other than its scheduled time, you can select the backup set and enter the option code to execute it manually. This section describes how you can perform a backup manually.
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When the Operations by Backup Class panel displays, press F4 in the Opt column next to the Daily backup class. The Backup Class Operations window displays. Select option 1, Select Backup Set.
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The Backup Set Selection panel displays. Press F4 in the Opt column next to the backup set you are going to save. From the Backup Set Selection window, select option 3, Perform Save Operation.
Note: Robot GUIDE built the DAILY1 backup set to perform a SAVLIB *ALLUSR. When you run the backup set, all user libraries on your system will be added to the backup set. You might not want to run the save during the day and should schedule it to run at night.
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A window displays identifying the set and rotation to be run. If you want to submit the save to batch, enter a Y in the Submit this save field. To run the save interactively, leave the default, N. You also can enter job description and job queue names. Leave these fields blank to use the defaults. Press Enter to perform the save, or press F3 to cancel the save request.
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When the save completes, the fields on the Backup Set Selection panel are updated for the backup set just saved. The next set to be run now appears at the top of the list. Press F3 to return to the Operations Menu.