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Well, we create tapes that will be sent to a replication service for
sending software and data to customers. The media must be 3490 and 3590.
I can put 3490 drives on a Win32 or Linux box easily enough (we have two
3490 SCSI based tape drives.) But as I said, I don't know how to
replicate an IEBCOPY image. I would have to reorganize into XMIT files
on our software tapes.
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Dave, I'm confused. Why does this process have to be done on a remote
drive? It seems like a MAJOR expense, without any real business benefit.
There's no reason I can think of that a installation library can't
include a batch-TMP job that does all the necessary RECEIVES to recover
a group of XMIT'ed files; or that installation doc can't include this
information. You can examine the files on a PC by using XMIT Manager,
from the CBTTAPE Site. And the XMIT format seems to survive FTP very
nicely, thank you.
You're still stuck with IEBCOPY Unload format with XMIT files, but the
way it's all handled "under the covers" seems to work very well; I've
never experienced any problems.
Might I make so bold as to suggest that it's time to rethink the whole
process?
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