Re: Where is SAVRSTLIB? (Timing of SAVLIB/RSTLIB vs CPYLIB)

[Bruce Hoffman <bruce.hoffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

not Hoss... that's a different Bruce... Collins not Hoffman.

On 09/13/2010 09:31 AM, Vern Hamberg wrote:
>    Hi Hoss
>
> CPYLIB was part of the original post - it was reported as slower than
> the SAVLIB/RSTLIB combination, because it uses CRTDUPOBJ for everything,
> so has to do access path rebuilds and all. If the SAVLIB is done with
> saving access paths, it'll definitely be faster. And the SAV/RST code
> path is optimized for speed - really large page requests from disk, etc.
>
> I've not tested the efficiency of SAVRSTLIB so can't confirm what
> someone said, that the restore starts before the save is done - that
> seems not possible, since a SAVF - if that's what is used in that set of
> commands - has to be completed before it can be sent anywhere and
> restored. But IBM do all manner of interesting things, sometimes.
>
> Vern
>
> On 9/13/2010 7:45 AM, Bruce Hoffman wrote:
> > or even cpylib...
> >
> > On 09/13/2010 07:07 AM, Jim Oberholtzer wrote:
> > >      Sam,
> > >
> > > Yes you could get it to work, but to what end?  The process saves an
> > > object (there are several SAVRSTxxx commands) sends it to another
> > > machine using APPN communications, then restores the object.  I don't
> > > understand what the value is.  If all you want is a copy of a
> > > library(ies) then use a save file or virtual tape.
> > >
> > > Jim Oberholtzer
> > > CEO/Chief Technical Architect
> > > Agile Technology Architects, LLC
> > >
> > >
> > > On 9/11/2010 4:09 PM, Lennon_s_j@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > > In my former job I was using SAVRSTLIB to send objects between testing
> > > > LPARs and I wasn't intimately involved with the communications setup. I
> > > > guess I assumed SAVRSTLIB was part of the operating system...
> > > >
> > > > Now I'm on a single partition machine.  If so, can I still use SAVRSTLIB
> > > > to make a copy of a library?  I suspect not.