Re: SAVF from V5R3 to V4R5

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

BTW, in addition to what I sent, you should know that a writable virtual 
optical drive can be read/written from non-v5r3 boxes using the 
/FileSvr.400 file system.

Intriguing! I leave the actual solution to the reader!

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.
> >
> >
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