Re: Restoring data from another system saved as DVD image...

[Kirk Goins <kirkgoins@xxxxxxxxx>]

What happens when you use WRKLNK '/QOPT'   and drill down? Do you see any
kind of structure?
How was the DVD made? Did they actually save directly to the DVD or maybe
used a Virtual Tape Image and then just put it on a DVD?



On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have an issue where I'm trying to restore data from another System i
> that was saved onto DVD.
>
> The file from the DVD was made available for me to download to my PC.
>
> Now, it seems that to restore it, I'll need to use a virual device,
> but I'm running into issues with this.
>
> Here's what I did..
>
> 1.  Created an image catalog
> 2.  Uploaded the file to my AS/400 into the directory of the image catalog
> 3.  Added the image catalog entry using the file uploaded in step 2
> 4.  Loaded the image catalog onto a virtual device.
>
> I tried the verify image catalog and I get "catalog verified."
>
> When I use DSPOPT to view the info on the mounted catalog I get:
>
>   Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   110316085815046
>   Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   OPTVRT01
>   Authorization list . . . . . . . . . :   QOPTSEC
>
>  Volume Header Information:
>   Internal Volume ID . . . . . . . . . :   110316085815046
>   Serial Number  . . . . . . . . . . . :
>   Volume type  . . . . . . . . . . . . :   *UNKNOWN
>   Media type . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   *DVD-RAM
>   Media format . . . . . . . . . . . . :   *UNKNOWN
>   Coded character set ID . . . . . . . :   500
>   Volume-full threshold  . . . . . . . :   100
>   Volume sequence number . . . . . . . :   0
>   Create date  . . . . . . . . . . . . :
>   Create time  . . . . . . . . . . . . :
>   Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :
>  Usage Information:
>   Last reference date  . . . . . . . . :   03/16/11
>   Volume on opposite side  . . . . . . :
>   Block size . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   2048
>   Volume capacity (bytes)  . . . . . . :   967077888
>   Space available on volume (bytes)  . :   0
>   Percentage used  . . . . . . . . . . :   0.0
>
>  Status Information:
>   Volume location  . . . . . . . . . . :   OPTVRT01
>   Volume access  . . . . . . . . . . . :   Writeable
>   Double volume  . . . . . . . . . . . :   No
>   Double sided . . . . . . . . . . . . :   No
>   IPL capable  . . . . . . . . . . . . :   No
>   Volume held by . . . . . . . . . . . :   *NONE
>
>
> Now, this is where I get stuck.  I try to use the DSPOPT with the
> *SAVRST option and then it asks me for a PATH on the command..  I get
> an error saying it doesn't recognize the volume type.  I'm sort of
> lost here.  :)
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