RE: Using DVD-RAM drive

Rob,

Yes, we hadn't intended to use the DVD for all backups.  Just some monthly EOM 
archiving that we do.

Still, I was hoping for good enough performance to backup on the fly instead of 
to save file first.

Charles Wilt
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
 

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> Our experiences were that the DVD is much slower than tape.  And it 
> doesn't hold all that much.  The only items we save to DVD 
> are some small 
> backups of data before a new program change, or some EDI archiving.
> 
> Rob Berendt
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> Dept 01.073
> PO Box 2000
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> 6928N 400E
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> All,
> 
> Trying to make use of the new DVD-RAM drive I installed over 
> the weekend.
> 
> Found the INZOPT command...ran it and it completed 
> successfully.  Doing a 
> WRKLNK '/QOPT/*' or a WRKOPTVOL shows my newly created volume.
> 
> However, tried to do a SAVLIB LIB(LIB1 LIB2) and the job went 
> into a EVTW 
> status and never seemed to do anything.
> The job got a locks on a bunch of objects from both 
> libraries, but didn't 
> seem to be using any CPU.  There was nothing in the joblog 
> except for the 
> save command.  But the optical path name I specified on the 
> SAVLIB command 
> had been created on the DVD-RAM.
> 
> 
> So, I tried saving LIB1 to a save file and using SAVSAVFDTA 
> to move it to 
> the optical.  The job is still running and shows an OPTW 
> status.  Again, 
> nothing in the joblog but the save command and the job isn't 
> using any 
> CPU.
> 
> 
> Am I doing something wrong or is everything working and the 
> DVD-RAM is 
> just really, really, REALLY, slow?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Charles Wilt
> iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
> Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
> ph: 513-573-4343
> fax: 513-398-1121
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