The information pertaining to the last time SAVSYS was done on a system is kept in QSYS/QSAVSYS rather than in QSYS. To determine the last time SAVSYS was done on a system, on the OS/400 command line type the following:
DSPOBJD QSAVSYS *DTAARA DETAIL(*FULL)
Press the Enter key. Page down to the last page to see the last save (and restore) date/time information. A sample of this information follows:
Display Object Description - Full
Object . . . . . . . : QSAVSYS Attribute . . . . . :
Library . . . . . : QSYS Owner . . . . . . . : QSYS
Type . . . . . . . . : *DTAARA Primary group . . . : *NONE
Save/Restore information:
Save date/time . . . . . . . . . . : 07/05/00 10:15:11
Restore date/time . . . . . . . . :
Save command . . . . . . . . . . . : SAVSYS
Device type . . . . . . . . . . . : Tape
Sequence number . . . . . . . . . : 1
Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . : IBMIRD
File label ID . . . . . . . . . . : QFILEIML
Save format . . . . . . . . . . . : Serial
Following are other data areas that the system uses to maintain last save information for various other general save/restore commands:
Data Area Name Purpose
QSAVALLUSR S/R DIRECTORY INFO FOR SAVLIB/RSTLIB LIB(*ALLUSR)
QSAVCFG S/R DIRECTORY INFO FOR SAVCFG/RSTCFG
QSAVIBM S/R DIRECTORY INFO FOR SAVLIB/RSTLIB LIB(*IBM)
QSAVLIBALL S/R DIRECTORY INFO FOR SAVLIB/RSTLIB LIB(*NONSYS)
QSAVSTG S/R DIRECTORY INFO FOR SAVSTG/DST RESTORE STORAGE
QSAVSYS S/R DIRECTORY INFO FOR SAVSYS
QSAVUSRPRF S/R DIRECTORY INFO FOR SAVSYS/SAVSECDTA/RSTUSRPRF