Assuming the VTS hosting site does not have a nonvts tape drive, I wouldn't use Export. I tried import function of Ditto and it take hours. I hope the this is not a solution for a mass data transfer, because it will never end. FTP or a site sharing product like CSM (HostSystems.de) will do the job Fast and securely.
Itschak Mugzach, Director SecuriTeam Software ltd. Tel: +972 (522) 986404 Skype: Securiteam-Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gmail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] for large mails -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russell Witt Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Transferring data from a different site that uses VTS Gadi, You do not mention if you have a tape management system at both sites; and if so which one(s). Most tape management systems (CA-1, TLMS, rmm) have a tape-coping utility available and there is a third-party one called TAPECOPY that can be used. What you could do would be to copy all the tape files to a physical tape at the sending site and then copy those files to tapes at the receiving site. This is with the assumption that there is at least 1 physical drive that is directly connected at both locations. If the sending site has NO tape drives attached directly to the system (everything is virtual); then that is not possible. In that case, you would have to perform an EXPORT with the VTS (where the virtual-volumes you want sent to you are stacked onto a single physical cartridge that is then ejected from the 3494). On your site, using IBM's OSDITTO you can then "un-stack" the virtual volumes from the stacked volume onto real tapes. You must have the current IBM licensed version of OSDITTO to perform this function. Russell Witt CA-1 L2 Support Manager -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of גדי בן אבי Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Transferring data from a different site that uses VTS Hi, I need to transfer data from a different site. The other site has a VTS that is connected to a 3494 library. Our site does not have a VTS. Both sites uses 3590 tape drives. How can I transfer data using tapes from the other site (the one using VTS) to our site? The other site is running OS/390 2.8. We are running z/OS 1.7. TIA Gadi ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
