Re: Fw: SAVF from V5R3 to V4R5

 
Vernon,
 
It seems that I am not familiar enough with the virtual optical drive options.
1. You are talking about CD images, but where do I put my desired OS/400 
library/ies
in all this procedure ?
Nothing is mentioned about this issue.
2. Can you make it more clear how to read the virtual CD image to normal OS/400
    library in lower version (V4R5).
 
Please help.
 
Best regards,
 
Zvi
 
 

Zvi Kave <tzvik@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vernon Hamberg" 
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" 
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: SAVF from V5R3 to V4R5


> 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 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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