Help/Systems Launching Robot/SAVE 12

Help/Systems, LLC, in software solutions for Power Systems running IBM i, announces Robot/SAVE 12, the latest version of its backup, recovery, and media management solution.

Robot/SAVE 12 streamlines Integrated File System (IFS) operations by allowing users to specify which IFS directories to backup or restore.

With other software solutions, users must back up the entire IFS, including the areas that don’t change often-a waste of time, resources, and money. Robot/SAVE allows users to create IFS Groups (groupings of IFS directories) to organize, manage, and control their IFS backups. Users can organize their IFS backups based on their software applications-such as SAP, Oracle EnterpriseOne, and Domino-or other criteria, to backup and restore critical information.

For restores, users can use Robot/SAVE’s object archive to select individual IFS directories and files. In addition, Robot/SAVE’s new Restore IFS Group (RBSRSTIGRP) command allows users to restore an IFS Group.

Robot/SAVE also provides two new reports to help users manage and maintain the IFS and their IFS Groups. The IFS Group Report lists all the IFS Groups defined on the IBM i system or partition, summarizes their contents, and displays relevant backup information. The IFS Group Archive Report allows a user to specify an IFS Group and a date range, and lists all IFS objects that were backed up during that time.

Robot/SAVE is a backup, recovery, and tape management software available for Power Systems running IBM i (System i, iSeries, AS/400). It offers selective IFS backup and recovery; data encryption; restricted state backups; automated backup; online guided restoration; object archive; error-free tape and virtual tape management; centralized scratch pool management; and Domino online backup. In addition, Robot/SAVE users can schedule their backups using Robot/SCHEDULE, the job scheduling and batch job management software.