Re: physical / virtual tape backup file at a time

[Larry Bolhuis <lbolhuis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On the DUPTAP command specify just the one file sequence number to 
duplicate FROMSEQNBR(7 *ONLY). Problem solved! (Parameters are a 
wonderful thing.)

Virtual tape volumes are created with minimal size and grow as you put 
stuff into them.

You create the drive CRTDEVTAP TAPVRT01 *VRT TEXT('Virtual Tape Drive 
numero uno')

You make the dir for the files MKDIR '/vtape'

You create the catalog CRTIMGCLG Vtape *TAPE '/vtape'  text('My first 
virtual tape catalog')

You add a tape to the catalog ADDIMGCLGE FROMFILE(*NEW) TOFILE(Tape1)  
and give it a size and text.

You Load the bugger up: LODIMGCLG VTAPE TAPEVRT01

Then initialize the the tape with INZTAP and then DUPTAP the file you want.

- Larry

Adrienne McConnon wrote:
> Justin,
>
> Thanks for you response but we want to copy one file from a physical
> tape drive to a virtual tape to transfer to another iSeries. We don't
> want to duplicate the entire tape (DUPTAP). We don't have enough disk
> space to copy more than one file from the physical tape drive to the
> virtual. So the iSeries commands we want to learn would be to create a
> virtual tape with no more than 10 GB space used and then copy file #7
> from the physical tape drive to that virtual tape.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Adrienne
>
>