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

Is there an /assumption/ that doing so "in stream" is not possible
_during_ the save, or was that established empirically? Given that a
save\restore request via virtual tape may fail per the "virtual volume
stream file was removed while in use" [as a possible origin for error
message CPF4371], I infer the stream file can be accessed concurrent to
the save operation. Thus presumably, enabling a similar capability as
the Save-to-Application API that is able to process blocks of save file
record-data concurrent to the save; i.e enabling reading blocks of
stream file save image-data concurrent to the save.?

Regards, Chuck

On 14 Oct 2013 13:13, Tim Bronski wrote:

Yes easy to do after the save. I want to encrypt and move the save
data in stream.

On 10/14/2013 10:10 PM, CRPence wrote:

On 14 Oct 2013 12:29, Tim Bronski wrote:

...encryption, compression, resume/restart...if only I could get
my hands on a similar API for virtual tapes!

Given the data for "virtual tape images are stored in stream files
on your system disk units", what about open() and read() to access
that data?