On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:58:11 -0600, Steve Horein <[email protected]> wrote:
>Hi listers, >Our core mainframe business application was sunset on 12/31/2008, with our >data migrating from the z platform to an SAP solution. Now we are faced with >what to do with data on tape (3490/3490E). Our mix of data on tape consist of >backups utilizing CA Faver, CA Disk, CA's DB2 Management Tools (formally >Platinum) for DB2 Image Copies, and IDP's FDR, as well as Application data that >contains packed data. Is there a recommended service provided that can >convert/transfer from the 3490 media to another (possibly LTO)? Our 'frame >(and probably myself) will be hauled out the door on 3/31/2009, so time is a >factor should RYO methods be the only recourse. Thanks for any suggestions! > >Thanks, >Steve Horein I'm going to give what might be an off-the-wall answer. Use a FlexCUB. This is from Funsoft, the makers of FlexES (zArch emulation on Intel). The FlexCUB is a PC with an Escon channel emulation card in it. It could be used to emulate 3480 type tape drives on PC type disk, including your SAN. So, you could then use a z/OS utility to do a "tapecopy" (OpenTech and CA have products to do this). The "tape" volumes would be in specially formatted PC files. The product comes with documentation on the format of these files. It also comes with utility programs and subroutines which would allow user written programs to access the "tape" data. However, I don't know what good this would do you for files created in a proprietary format, such as CA-Faver, FDR, and the others that you mentioned. Without knowledge of the format, which is undocumented, what would you do with the data? It would work very well with COBOL created files. Or anything else where you know the format of the data in the file. -- John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
