RE: Failed RSTLIB on V3R2 from SAVLIB on V3R7

[Bill Hines <bhines@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dean

In your reply you suggested establishing the tape as a virtual device. Do you 
know how this is done and what type of connection is neccessary between the two 
AS/400s.

Thank you
Bill
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From:   DAsmussen@aol.com [SMTP:DAsmussen@aol.com]
Sent:   Wednesday, September 17, 1997 7:58 PM
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: Failed RSTLIB on V3R2 from SAVLIB on V3R7

Scott,

In a message dated 97-09-17 18:45:18 EDT, you write:

> We are having much trouble restoring a library on a V3R2 model 300 machine
>  from a tape made on a V3R7 model 500 machine.  We are using 8 mm tapes,
>  doing an INZTAP on the V3R7 machine and then a SAVLIB.  Programs (ILE
>  COBOL) are created for V3R2 use.  
>  
>  When we do a RSTLIB on the V3R2 model 300 machine, the tape stops working,
>  the DEVD is damaged, the device goes to FAILED status and the CPU
>  utilization hits the roof.  If we vary the device off, the CPU utilization
>  drops to normal, but the device cannot be varied back on successfully.  It
>  goes to RCYPND mode resulting in an IPL to get it back online.

I'm sure that Neil will be forthcoming with a PTF :-D, but I would suggest
the following in the meantime:

1)  Initialize the tape on your 3xx machine (ALWAYS go from lower to higher
when you are dealing with possibly incompatible hardware) prior to the save.
2)  Make sure that your SAVxxx command on the 5xx machine specifies
TGTRLS(V3R2Mx) to match your system (NOT a mere *PRV, which would be V3R6).
3)  Do you have multiple 8mms?  Are they the same model?  Are both boxes in
your office?  If so, consider selling one, setting up communications between
the two boxes, and establishing the tape as a virtual device from the machine
to which it is not attached...

HTH,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@AOL.COM

"The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor
hand well." -- H.T. Leslie
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