Re: What would you suggest for archiving ancient libraries?

The only problem that I could see with that suggestion would be that an
image catalog can be a max of 1TB. If the libraries are small (Less than
1TB) it would be ok. If not, you would have to create multiple virtual tape
devices.

If bigger than one TB probably better to use a CL script and a CPYTOSTMF to
move the save files to an IFS folder.

On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 1:27 PM Peter Dow <petercdow@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Pete,

How about a virtual tape so you can save multiple libraries at a time,
then copy the tape files to USB?

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On 11/16/2020 1:01 PM, Pete Helgren wrote:

I have a JS-12 on v 7.2 that I plan to retire. This guy is the end of
the line for many libraries that I have carried along for too long. I
have a new Power 9 9009 41A v 7.4 that has plenty of space but there
is really no need to move these libraries because I can't remember
when last used them. I would like to retain my status as a packrat so
I need a suggestion on how best to save these libraries so they can be
restored if necessary but not taking up valuable space on the IBM i.

Tape is not an option because the tape drive for the JS-12 (external)
is dead. So, I thought saving each library as a save file (as tedious
as that might be) and then pushing them over to a share somewhere
would be the best option. Can you think of a better way to handle it?

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