Re: What would you suggest for archiving ancient libraries?

Be careful buying cheap 1TB or 2TB usb sticks.   I had  a cheap one last year that I lost most everything because the memory went bad.

They are cheap for a reason.

Gavin Inman

On 11/16/2020 4:22 PM, Alan Campin wrote:

I see they also have a 2TB USB drive for $9.89.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/2TB-Swivel-OTG-USB-2-0-Flash-Drive-Pen-Memory-Stick-Key-Thumb-Storage/609083071?selected=true

If the libraries are important, buy two or three of them and backup to each
one in case one goes bad.

Create a dummy work file using SQL.
Write a quick and dirty CL to read the file and create a save file for each
one.

On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 1:12 PM Holger Scherer <hs@xxxxxxx> wrote:

save files is a great idea. And with a little help of CL should be done
rather quickly.
-h


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Betreff: What would you suggest for archiving ancient libraries?

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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