Re: Tape Duplication Question

Hi Diego

1. We can IPL from the VTL OK; we have done that on numerous occasions

2. To clarify:
Box 1: IBM i with SAS attached drive; this is the FROM box
Box 2: Power S822 with VIOS, SAS LTO drive and FC VTL, hosting a number
of i LPARs; this is the TO box

I guess the question is whether there is a tool that will copy the tape
"bye for byte" without trying to format it

On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 1:40 PM, Diego Kesselman <diegokesselman@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Evan,

1st) check whether IPLing from VTL is possible or not. Sometimes you
can't because of firmware restrictions

2nd) I think you have the SAS LTO and VTL on BOX1 with AIX and only VTL on
BOX2 with IBM i. Have you tried to create a tiny LPAR on BOX1 (even with
temporary license) and access both devices at the same time?

I don't think you can duplicate different tape formats using any tool
different to IBM i OS and DUPTAP. Maybe with same tape drives you can get
any kind of trick to physically/binary duplicate, but this is not even near
that case. And you want to IPL from VTL...


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Regards
Evan Harris