Re: Saving to the Optical Drive

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, looks like CD-R, DVD-R, ect became an option at 6.1
http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/SLKBase.nsf/1ac66549a21402188625680b0002037e/4d33b150173d250186257736005f48be?OpenDocument

If I'm reading it right, they can only be used with DUPOPT.  So you'd
need to use a virtual optical device as the target of the actual
SAVxxx command.

Not that that helps you :)

Charles

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Also not that the iSeries DVD-RAM drive's only support writing
> DVD-RAM, they can't write CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, or DVD-RW...
>
> There might be some way to do standard CD-R ect.  with VIOS and the
> newer hardware...but I don't know.
>
> HTH,
> Charles
>
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 6321 is a CD-ROM...
> > http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/index.jsp?topic=%2Frzam4%2Frzam4supportedhardwareops.htm
> >
> > You'd need DVD-RAM to write optical disks...an note that DVD-RAM is
> > not the same as the CD/DVD-RW you are used to in your PC.
> >
> > DVD-RAM on the iSeries is very, very, very slow to write too.  I had
> > one at a prior employer, and it was slower than the 3570 tape we also
> > had...though not by much :)
> >
> > Charles
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Jerry C. Adams <midrange@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > We are on V5R1.  I would like to be able to save a file or library to a CD
> > > in the optical device attached to the system.  The system model is 250 and
> > > the optical drive is a type 6321.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I tried reading the Optical Support manual, but got thoroughly embroiled in
> > > the minutiae.  The Backup and Recovery manual pointed me to the Optical
> > > Support manual, but it did say, "The DVD-RAM optical media standalone device
> > > supports all save and restore commands."
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I tried searching the archives but could not find anything (probably used
> > > the wrong search argument(s)).
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Can I save a file or any other object straight to the optical drive from
> > > within a CL or a QShell command?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Jerry C. Adams
> > >
> > > IBM i Programmer/Analyst
> > >
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