Re: Transferring source members from V3R6 - S36

[cmassoglia@xxxxxxxxxxx (Charlie Massoglia)]

>Dave,
>
>In a message dated 97-05-23 15:23:36 EDT, you write:
>
>> Manikandan V wrote:
>>  > 
>>  > Hi,
>>  > 
>>  > I need to save some CBL36 source members from a V3R6 m/c on a tape and
>>  > later restore the same on a S36 m/c. How should I go about with the SAVE
>>  > and RESTORE operations?
>>  
>>  Use FROMLIBR in S/36E to save to tape.  Use TOLIBR in S/36 to restore.
>
>I almost answered this one, but couldn't remember the particulars of a
>problem that we encountered at one time.  We had a problem with blocking
>using the S/36E commands vs. using the native SAVS36x commands.  Do you
>remember the difference?  Was it on files?  All I remember was that a guy
>spent a day on our /400 creating tapes for his /36 and then couldn't use them
>(despite using the appropriate /36 cartridge which had been formatted on a
>/36).  The manual (in the days before CD-ROM) clearly stated the problem, and
>that using the native command was the appropriate answer.
>
If you're talking about a tape cartridge, the AS/400 can read a tape
cartridge created on the S/36.  You can do a FROMLIBR or SAVE on the S/36
and do a RSTS36LIBM or RSTS36F natively on the AS/400.

The S/36 can not read a tape cartridge created on the AS/400 no matter how
the save was done.  This is a hardware formatting restriction, not a
software restriction.

The only removable media device compatibility going from an AS/400 to a S/36
is reel to reel tape or diskette as far as I know.  Tape cartridge will not
work.


Charlie Massoglia, Massoglia Technical Consulting, Inc.
PO Box 1065, Okemos, MI 48854, USA
517-676-9700  Fax: 517-676-1006  EMAIL: cmassoglia@voyager.net


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