RE: Using RSTSTG with larger disks

["Wilt, Charles" <CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the correction Rob.

Charles Wilt
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> From Chapter 13 of the Backup and Recovery Manual:
> http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/topic/bo
> oks/sc415304.pdf
> 3. Load the first SAVSTG tape in the tape unit that is your 
> alternative 
> IPL device.
> 4. Install the Licensed Internal Code by using the procedure that is 
> described in "Task 2-Powering Down the System" on page 113 
> through "How to 
> Load the Licensed Internal Code" on page 120. Select option 2 
> (Install 
> Licensed Internal Code and Initialize System) from the 
> Install Licensed 
> Internal Code (LIC) display. When the procedure asks for 
> SAVSYS media, use 
> your SAVSTG tapes instead.
>
> Sounds to me like you can boot from a SAVSTG tape then.
>
> Rob Berendt
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> Ahhhh
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> That explains why I have never run across that method.
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> I sticking with the load/unload as the way to go.
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> Wilt, Charles wrote:
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> > Pat,
> >
> > Save storage basically saves a bit level image of the disk.
> >
> > Obviously, it's quicker to save/restore than a Save Menu 
> option 21.  But
> > unlike the option 21, you can't IPL from the resulting tape 
> nor can you
> > use the save SAVSTG tape to restore individual objects.
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