Re: Backing up, but NOT to tape

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Aaron

The key to this is on the Add Image Catalog Entry command, the FROMFILE 
parameter of all things!! You set that to *NEW, give a name in the 
TOFILE parameter (not *GEN), and give it a size. This has to be V5R3 and 
up to get the writable image catalog entry.

If you've been able to create image catalogs, all you need is to add an 
entry with the appropriate values, as below. Not all that intuitive at 
first, but then you know about that with your recent adventure. Ride 'm 
Power Pony!!!

HTH
Vern

                 Add Image Catalog Entry (ADDIMGCLGE)               
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                  From image file (FROMFILE) - Help                 
                                                                    
Specifies the image file to be copied.  A value must be specified for
either the FROMFILE or FROMDEV parameter to identify the optical image
to be copied to the image catalog directory.                         
                                                                    
*NEW                                                                 
   Specifies that a new catalog entry of the size specified for the 
   Image size (IMGSIZ) parameter is to be created.  The new catalog 
   entry will be created empty and uninitialized.  After the catalog
   entry is initialized, write operations can be performed to it    
   through a virtual optical device.                                

Aaron Bartell wrote:
> Would you be able to relay a sanitized version of the commands and their
> sequence?  I have worked with image catalogs on the IBM VLP systems, but
> there always seems to be a good number of steps involved and I haven't been
> able to make sense of some of the steps (yet).
>
> Aaron Bartell
> http://mowyourlawn.com
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Jim Essinger <dilbernator@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>   
> > Aaron,
> >
> > We are on V5R4.  I have created an optical image catalog to save to, and
> > backup what is required to that image file with the appropriate i5/os save
> > commands.  The image file is then copied from the IFS to a file server on
> > the network right after the save is complete. I use the QNTC links on the
> > iSeries to copy the IFS file.  I automated the whole thing in a CL program.
> > You could copy/move/FTP that image to any storage medium from the IFS.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
> >