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Re: replicate PROD iseries box to distant TEST box cross-country

On 10/9/2013 12:03 PM, Stone, Joel wrote:
We are separating our PROD & TEST boxes geographically.

There is approx 30 gig of data & objects to copy.

People in my organization are convinced that tape is the only method given the data volume. But tape is cumbersome; takes several days to transport, tapes go missing, must be logged out, logged-in, etc.

What other strategies should be considered?

Virtual tape was discussed here quite recently. Check the archives.
SAVRSTLIB might be an option.

Would the following work well (FTP instead of tape transport)?
1) PROD: SAVLIB to *SAVF
2) ARP-ZIP to compress *SAVF
3) FTP from iseries PROD box to distant TEST box
4) RSTLIB to TEST box

What works well for you might be a nightmare for me :-)

Is it possible that 30 gig could be moved in a few hours? Or is that unrealistic.

It all depends on the size of the pipe and the activity currently on it.

--buck

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