RE: i5 backup options without tape

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Virtual optical drives are always read-only on V5R2. The ability to write 
to one comes in V5R3, AFAIK.

At 08:42 AM 8/11/2005, you wrote:

> Been awhile since I played with saving to optical.  Real optical media was
> slow as a one legged dog compared to tape (much to my surprise) and didn't
> hold hardly anything compared to your average tape cartridge.
>
> But instead of real optical, what about virtual optical?  On a V5R2
> machine, or higher, try these steps:
> MD DIR('/vrtopt')
> CRTIMGCLG IMGCLG(VRTOPT) DIR('/vrtopt')
> CRTDEVOPT DEVD(VRTOPT) RSRCNAME(*VRT) ONLINE(*NO)
> VRYCFG CFGOBJ(VRTOPT) CFGTYPE(*DEV) STATUS(*ON)
> ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(VRTOPT) FROMFILE('/vrtopt/opt_1.bin') TOFILE(*fromfile)
> (crash and burn....  You've got to create the bin file first.  Oh well,
> nice thought.)
>
> I guess virtual optical is meant to be a read only device.  Hope someone
> can prove me wrong.
>
> Rob Berendt
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