RE: Burning V5R3 CD image files (was i5 backup options without tape)

I tried to do as described in Charles Wilt's post below. My intent was to use a 
V5R3 system to create a .bin CD image file and then transfer the .bin file to a 
PC and burn it to a CD using Nero (or possibly Roxio).

Everything seemed to go OK, except when I was finished, the CD was not readable 
in a PC. I thought that it would be, since I was under the impression that I 
was creating an ISO-9660 CD which would be readable on both PC and iSeries.

One point where I deviated from the instructions was that I used IMGSIZ(*CD650) 
because I wanted to write this to a standard CD. 

I also had to rename the file from .bin to .iso to get Nero (5.5.9.14) to 
recognize it. I thought this would be OK based on this document (goto bottom): 
http://www-912.ibm.com/supporthome.nsf/document/27321011

The CDs I created appear to be readable on an iSeries but not on a PC. 
Actually, this is acceptable, but it is not what I expected. Can anyone shed 
some light on this for me?

Thanks,
-Marty

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Subject: RE: i5 backup options without tape 
From: "Wilt, Charles" <CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:01:15 -0400  

Rob,

Try this:


md '/vrtoptimg'
CRTIMGCLG IMGCLG(VRTOPTIMG) DIR('/vrtoptimg') 
ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(VRTOPTIMG) FROMFILE(*NEW) TOFILE(testimg.bin) 
IMGSIZ(*DVD4700) 
LODIMGCLG IMGCLG(VRTOPTIMG) DEV(OPTVRT01) 
INZOPT DEV(OPTVRT01) 
SAVLIB LIB(DVPMELCW) DEV(OPTVRT01) 

Charles Wilt
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iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 9:42 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: i5 backup options without tape
> 
> 
> 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