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

Marty,

What do you get (see in explorer) when you put the CD in the PC drive?

Charles Wilt
--
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 Urbanek, Marty
> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 1:35 AM
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: 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
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------------
> 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
> --
> 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
> 
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