Re: Data Transfer

Don,

A Virtual tape file is a stream file in the IFS. The advantages of a virtual tape is it can be used like any other tape. A Save File has several limitations one of which is only one object at a time ( a library being an object that contains other objects ). I have not done any real speed tests but I suspect there is not going to be much difference between the two since the real wild cards are numbers of disk units, type and amount of cache and which RAID controllers your using etc.

If I have the choice I'll use a virtual tape since it is far more flexible than save files. It takes a small amount of set up which is well documented in the information center, and your off to the races. Now instead of moving the save file, you move the IFS file. Again a small amount of steps but the advantages can outweigh the administration.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 9/6/2013 12:50 PM, Don Wereschuk wrote:

Chuck: I'm in a state of hands-on learning here so please bear with me. I only need data files (PF& LF) from 1 library and creating the SAVF is easy and doesn't take a great amount of time. How is this different from the Virtual Tape file and how do I go about creating this? Once the Virtual Tape file is created, how do I transfer to the other box? Using FTP, I use the PUT command. Are you referring to something else?