Re: SAVF from V5R3 to V4R5 -- MIDRANGE-L

Sure, here's stab at it. Basically, you create a directory for an image catalog, then create the image catalog, then add *NEW entries to the image catalog. Each image catalog entry will have a corresponding file in the directory you created. These files are ISO-9660 images that can be burnt to CD or DVD using "Create CD from hard drive image" option - whatever it's called - in the various burners. Or, in your case, can be FTP'd to any FTP server - does not need to be iSeries - and then FTP'd back to the V5R3 box, remounted in an image catalog, and used for restore or whatever.

1. MKDIR '/tmp/optical' (your name will be different, probably) to create the directory where the image catalog will reside. This is a one-time operation.

2. CRTIMGCLG MYIMGCLG DIR('/tmp/optical') to make the image catalog in the directory you created. You only do this once.

3. ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(MYCLG) FROMFILE(*NEW) TOFILE(MYFILE01) IMGSIZ(*CD650) to add a CD-size image entry to the image catalog. The file MYFILE01 will be in the directory you created. This file can be sent anywhere. Add all the image entries you need.

4. I think you need to initialize the image entries - INZOPT is the command to use.

5. WRKIMGCLG is the command to use for doing a lot of this stuff - it calls WRKIMGCLGE for maintaining the entries. There is not at this time a really good way to DSPIMGCLG or DSPIMGCLGE, but if you use the file name for the optical volume ID and use OUTPUT(*PRINT) or *OUTFILE on the saves, you should have the file names available for automating file transfer.

I've not done the automated part but it seems it should work. For more information, check out the various image catalog commands at InfoCenter - WRKIMGCLG, WRKIMGCLGE, LODIMGCLG, ADDIMGCLGE, RMVIMGCLGE, etc. There's also a good discussion on image catalogs deep in the Linux installation section of InfoCenter.

HTH
Vern

At 10:03 AM 3/31/2005, you wrote:

Vernon,
Please send  few example command lines to explain
 how can I transfer AS/400 libraries by the Virtual drive
 from V5R3 to V4R5.
Regards,
Zvi
Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Wayne
This can be an all AS/400 solution, too. The virtual optical drive is
really an IFS object the size of a CD (or DVD for that matter). At V5R3 you
can create an image catalog with multiple entries. The save will span them,
just as it does with tape. Then the corresponding IFS files can be FTP'd to
your V4R5 system - again, it's just an IFS object - no VRM information in
that object, only in its contents. And you have the extra benefit that you
can burn the images to plastic if you want.
Vern
At 02:41 AM 3/29/2005, you wrote: >I'm trying to automate this fully so that a nightly job cna be run to do >the backup and transfer the files. This pretty much dictates an all >AS/400 solution. > >Bryan Dietz wrote: >>One other option is to use V5R3 ability to save to a virtual option drive. >>Then you could use that ISO image to write to a PC's CD drive. >>this allows you to save multiple libraries to the same virtual optical >>media. >> >>Check the info center: >>This link should help: >>http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/ic2924/index.htm?i nfo/rzam4/rzam4virtualuse.htm >> >>---------------------------- >>Bryan Dietz >>Aktion Associates >> >>midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 03/28/2005 05:48:42 PM: >> >>>Thanks to all who replied. I've run a test by creating a SAVF on the >>>V4R5 system and FTP'ing the SAVF from the V5R3 system. It appears to >>>have completed successfully. I'm going to do it with a dummy library >>>and files to be sure that I can go in the opposite direction and do a >>>restore back to the V5R3 system. If that doesn't work, I'll pursue the >>>IFS solution. > > >-- >This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list >To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, >visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l >or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx >Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives >at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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