What's new for IBM i 7.2

Read about new or significantly changed information for the Recovering your system topic collection.

Enhancements for journaling during restore

The Start journaling (STRJRN) parameter has been added to several restore commands and APIs. You can use this parameter to choose whether to start journaling for the restored objects. You can now use the Defer ID (DFRID) parameter to defer journaling for restored objects if the journals are missing. For more information, see these topics:

Enhancements for object selection

The Select (SELECT) parameter has been added to several restore commands and APIs. You can use this parameter to select the objects to restore. For more information, see these topics.

Automatic save of TCP/IP configuration information

Whenever library QUSRSYS is saved with the Save Library (SAVLIB) or Save Changed Objects (SAVCHGOBJ) commands, the current TCP/IP configuration information is retrieved and saved. The TCP/IP configuration information that is saved is the same data which is retrieved by the Retrieve TCP/IP Information (RTVTCPINF) command. If a system needs to be reloaded from distribution media, the TCP/IP configuration information can be updated by restoring the user information and then running UPDTCPINF LIB(QUSRSYS). For more information, see Recovering TCP configuration information.

RESTORE menu enhancements

Several options on the RESTORE menu have new prompt fields that provide additional choices to tailor your recovery operation. For more information, see Using restore menu options 21, 22, and 23.

Enhancements for configuring independent disk pools

You can now use the Configure Device ASP (CFGDEVASP) command or IBM® Navigator for i to configure an independent auxiliary storage pool. By using the CFGDEVASP command during a system recovery, you can skip the IPL that is needed to start IBM Navigator for i. For more information, see Configuring independent disk pools in the Disk management topic.

Deleted function

The Save Storage (SAVSTG) command and the Restore storage function are no longer available.

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