Re: replicate PROD iseries box to distant TEST box cross-country

[Tim Bronski <tim.bronski@xxxxxxxxx>]

No "assumption". The stream file can be read while the save is in 
progress BUT I've still got the i/o and storage issue that an api 
similar to qanesava wouldn't have.

On 10/14/2013 11:13 PM, CRPence wrote:
>     Is there an /assumption/ that doing so "in stream" is not possible
> _during_ the save, or was that established empirically?  Given that a
> save\restore request via virtual tape may fail per the "virtual volume
> stream file was removed while in use" [as a possible origin for error
> message CPF4371], I infer the stream file can be accessed concurrent to
> the save operation.  Thus presumably, enabling a similar capability as
> the Save-to-Application API that is able to process blocks of save file
> record-data concurrent to the save; i.e enabling reading blocks of
> stream file save image-data concurrent to the save.?
>
> Regards, Chuck
>
> On 14 Oct 2013 13:13, Tim Bronski wrote:
> > Yes easy to do after the save. I want to encrypt and move the save
> > data in stream.
> >
> > On 10/14/2013 10:10 PM, CRPence wrote:
> > > On 14 Oct 2013 12:29, Tim Bronski wrote:
> > > > ...encryption, compression, resume/restart...if only I could get
> > > > my hands on a similar API for virtual tapes!
> > > Given the data for "virtual tape images are stored in stream files
> > > on your system disk units", what about open() and read() to access
> > > that data?