RE: Saving to the Optical Drive

So it looks like I cannot write directly to this optical drive. If I could,
it would be preferable to copying to a PC so that I could single-thread the
steps for our small clerical staff if they need to do this when I am away.

Thanks.

Jerry C. Adams
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
"Eat it, it's good for you" is my least favorite dish.
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A&K Wholesale
Murfreesboro, TN
615-867-5070

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Charles Wilt
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 2:26 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Saving to the Optical Drive

6321 is a CD-ROM...
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/index.jsp?topic=%2Frza
m4%2Frzam4supportedhardwareops.htm

You'd need DVD-RAM to write optical disks...an note that DVD-RAM is
not the same as the CD/DVD-RW you are used to in your PC.

DVD-RAM on the iSeries is very, very, very slow to write too. I had
one at a prior employer, and it was slower than the 3570 tape we also
had...though not by much :)

Charles

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Jerry C. Adams <midrange@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

We are on V5R1.  I would like to be able to save a file or library to a CD
in the optical device attached to the system.  The system model is 250 and
the optical drive is a type 6321.



I tried reading the Optical Support manual, but got thoroughly embroiled

in

the minutiae.  The Backup and Recovery manual pointed me to the Optical
Support manual, but it did say, "The DVD-RAM optical media standalone

device

supports all save and restore commands."



I tried searching the archives but could not find anything (probably used
the wrong search argument(s)).



Can I save a file or any other object straight to the optical drive from
within a CL or a QShell command?



Thanks.



Jerry C. Adams

IBM i Programmer/Analyst

You cannot understand your own history when it is the only history you

know.

-Thomas Sowell

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A&K Wholesale

Murfreesboro, TN

615-867-5070



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