RE: "flash copy" a guest lpar of IBM i using internal storage.

I'm not interested in creating a new lpar. More of, if the software installation really blows the lpar to pieces to recreate it.

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From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of DrFranken
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Subject: Re: "flash copy" a guest lpar of IBM i using internal storage.

Before i 7.3 I used to copy those things all the time. I even had a 'gold image' I would copy. With i 7.3 the underlying storage is now a UDFS so copying it with Save/Restore has become more of a challenge.

I would use the approach of copying the NWSSTG objects with option 3 and then link the copies to the new LPAR's NWSD.

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 2/20/2019 3:53 PM, Rob Berendt wrote:

I am going to install a software package on a test lpar. I plan on doing a full system backup to VTL.
This test lpar is a guest IBM i lpar hosted by another IBM i lpar.
The guest is not that big of an lpar. Just half a TB.
The host has 6.8 TB of free space laying around.
WRKNWSSTG shows seven 80GB chunks for the guest.

As a belts and suspenders approach would it be better to:
- save those subdirectories in QFPNWSSTG related to this guest to our
VTL
- Copy those to disk? If so, how to I copy them and retain the ability to copy them back if needed? Use WRKNWSSTG and option 3 or just copy them using IFS commands?

Rob Berendt
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