Re: Save multiple libraries to a savfile then restore

On 24-Oct-2011 13:35 , Willie J. Moore wrote:

Thanks for the info. I have done the 'crtdevtap' and made sure it is
veried on. Now it wants me to create an image catalog? I thought all
I had to do was create the virtual tape and start using it, but what
do I know. Do you have an example or point me in the direction to get
this working?

Rob on Monday, October 24, 2011 09:48 AM wrote:

Forget save files. Save to "virtual tape" instead. <<SNIP>>

Read the Infocenter.

Beyond the device existence, something must represent the storage behind the device, and the device somehow must be associated with that storage. A couple archive message links; some InfoCenter link, headings, and some associated text from the latter:

http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200703/msg00561.html
http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/201109/msg00392.html

_Managing Virtual tape_
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v6r1m0/topic/rzam4/rzam4managingvirtualtape.htm

_Virtual tape media_
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v6r1m0/topic/rzaiu/rzaiuvirtualtape.htm
"Load the image catalog. This step associates the virtual tape device to the image catalog. Only one image catalog at a time can be associated with a specific virtual tape device.

LODIMGCLG IMGCLG(MYCATALOG) DEV(TAPVRT01) OPTION(*LOAD)"

Regards, Chuck