RE: Saving to the Optical Drive

["Jerry C. Adams" <midrange@xxxxxxxx>]

So it looks like I cannot write directly to this optical drive.  If I could,
it would be preferable to copying to a PC so that I could single-thread the
steps for our small clerical staff if they need to do this when I am away.

Thanks.

Jerry C. Adams
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
"Eat it, it's good for you" is my least favorite dish.
--
A&K Wholesale
Murfreesboro, TN
615-867-5070

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Charles Wilt
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 2:26 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Saving to the Optical Drive

6321 is a CD-ROM...
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/index.jsp?topic=%2Frza
m4%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
>
> You cannot understand your own history when it is the only history you
know.
> -Thomas Sowell
>
> --
>
> A&K Wholesale
>
> Murfreesboro, TN
>
> 615-867-5070
>
>
>
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