Re: Backup to USB

[mlazarus <mlazarus@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 It's a regular USB stick.

On 3/1/2022 1:21 PM, Richard Schoen wrote:
> Are you trying to use an RDX cartridge or something else over USB ?
>
> Regards,
> Richard Schoen
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> Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> message: 2
> date: Tue, 01 Mar 2022 12:29:33 -0500
> from: mlazarus<mlazarus@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Backup to USB
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>    Does anyone backup their i to USB?  What has your experience been?
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>    For a while I was backing up to USB and it was working fine, maybe it took 2 - 3 hours.  A couple of months ago the USB backup seemed to go to sleep for a  3-5 hours in the middle of the backup, then again further down.  It started before I had put on the latest cume and group PTF's.
> The situation did not improve after I put the PTF's on.
>
>     As a comparative test, a functionally identical backup is being done to tape first and it completes within a reasonable amount of time (about
> 2 hours.)   Now, after running 9+ hours I need to cancel it to let
> production run, so I don't know if it's just hanging or it's doing something.  A guesstimate of the amount being saved is 150 GB.
>
>    IBM is looking into it, but I was wondering what others have experienced.
>
>    -mark
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