Re: physical / virtual tape backup file at a time -- MIDRANGE-L

Jerry,

An easy mistake but it's ObjectConnect NOT OptiConnect. ObjectConnectis a freebie, OptiConnect is not and is used only on systems (orpartitions) connected together for high speed data movement.(ObjectConnect will run Over OptiConnect but it's not required.)

ObjectConnect requires an SNA connection between the systems but itcan be SNA AnyNet so it runs over the TCP that way. I use it all thetime, it will run in batch or interactive, and it's very intuitive onceyou realize that a) You ALWAYS 'push' files (there are no RSTSAVxxxcommands!) and b) your userid and password must be good on both sides.


  - Larry

Jerry Adams wrote:

Joe,
I would normally agree if for no other reason than that's the way I meetthe objective here.
If Adrienne is really that strapped for disk space, it might not bepractical. A save file does some compression but darn little. Breakingit down into manageable (small) groups of files, as you suggest, mightbe a solution.
Another one that I have looked at, but not explored much beyond readingabout it, is the SAVRSTOBJ command. It does require OptiConnect beinstalled on both systems, but that's a freebie (well, an i5/OS optionalcomponent, anyway). According to the documentation, it can be used tosave an object, a group of objects, or even an entire library and pushthat to the same or a different library on the target machine. I havenot, however, read anything about intermediate disk storage or even ifthere is any used. If there is no (or little) temporary disk storagerequired, this might be the way to go in this case.
There is a manual on OptiConnect: SC41-5414-xx.


        * Jerry C. Adams

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