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

Hi Joel

Is this just one library, or more than one ?

If more than one do the objects and data need to be in synch in the saved
libraries ? If they need to be in synch, are you stopping any processes
that might cause updates while the save takes place ? This is where a save
to virtual tape might prove more effective as you can use save while qctive
to minimise the outage window and also save all the libraries in hit.
Saving to save files won;t allow you to do that.


If it's only one library and the machine is another IBM i I would skip the
FTP option and go with SAVRSTOBJ in most cases. It uses less storage and is
much tidier, in my opinion.



On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 5:03 AM, Stone, Joel <Joel.Stone@xxxxxxxxxx> 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?


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



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


Any suggestions such as further details or better ideas?

Thanks!


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