Re: What Now?
Turns out that I can produce a report from TLMS11 which shows the names of all new tape datasets created the previous day, or on a specified date. With that as input I wrote some REXX code to scan for the VTS volumes I want based on patterns for the dataset name. Then it's a small matter of creating the control cards to feed into the stacking process for the EXPORT job. -- 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
Re: What Now?
Thanks, Mark. I'll check your utilities. We're TLMS, no CopyCat. -- 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
Re: What Now?
I checked and we don't have CopyCat, nor do we use the GUI stuff. Thank you for your suggestions. I'm going to look into developing some REXX stuff to do the job when we get rolling. -- 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
Re: What Now?
Daniel McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... I checked and we don't have CopyCat, nor do we use the GUI stuff. Thank you for your suggestions. I'm going to look into developing some REXX stuff to do the job when we get rolling. IIRC you have CA-1 or TLMS. You could check what Copycat would cost you, I believe it was not that expensive. Developping the tool with REXX will cost time and money too. Kees. ** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ** -- 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
Re: What Now?
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:53:52 -0600, Daniel McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I checked and we don't have CopyCat, nor do we use the GUI stuff. Thank you for your suggestions. I'm going to look into developing some REXX stuff to do the job when we get rolling. Before you re-invent the wheel, I wrote a REXX tape stacking program in the 90s (last updated 2002). It can generate COPYCAT or IEBGENER JCL. Since COPYCAT can copy the original creation date, jobname, etc. it is preferred. There is code to generate TMSUPDTE cards when using the IEBGENER option, but that is only to expire the original tape. Obviously more work could be done to carry forward some other fields from the original tape if desired. I originally wrote the program to consolidate 3490 to 3490E in combination with an STK 9310 SILO so everything would fit into the SILO. I missed your original post so I don't know if you are running CA-1 or TLMS, but my program was written to work with CA-1. Look for TAPESTAK on CBT file 434 or my web site (URL below). Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] z/OS Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.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
What Now?
The VTS thing is working fine for in-house stuff. Now there is a push to copy/convert all the offsite permanent volumes to stacked exported tapes. The problem? We don't have a clue on how to get started on this beastie. We're using TapeCopy as our engine and I can run all sorts of reports and create the jobs, but we have 6,300 tapes and 10,500 datasets to move from 3480 and 3490 to stacked 3590e tapes. That's a lot of manual stuff... The Redbook on VTS is of some help, but not from a practical standpoint. Would anyone care to share their experiences with us? Somehow this got pretty much dropped in tech's lap and it's mostly TLMS type work. (We install it...not run it) TIA... -- 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
Re: What Now?
The VTS thing is working fine for in-house stuff. Now there is a push to copy/convert all the offsite permanent volumes to stacked exported tapes. The problem? We don't have a clue on how to get started on this beastie. We're using TapeCopy as our engine and I can run all sorts of reports and create the jobs, but we have 6,300 tapes and 10,500 datasets to move from 3480 and 3490 to stacked 3590e tapes. That's a lot of manual stuff... The Redbook on VTS is of some help, but not from a practical standpoint. Would anyone care to share their experiences with us? Somehow this got pretty much dropped in tech's lap and it's mostly TLMS type work. (We install it...not run it) If you have TapeCopy, do you have their VDR product? This is what we use to vault all our virtual tapes needed for a DR event and our permanently vaulted tapes. We break it down by vault code it works very well. dd keller ** This e-mail message and all attachments transmitted with it may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reading, dissemination, distribution, copying, forwarding or other use of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message and all copies and backups thereof. Thank you. ** -- 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
Re: What Now?
Look at Opentech.com. They are VTS experts including tapecopy solutions. Itschak 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 Daniel McLaughlin Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 5:34 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: What Now? The VTS thing is working fine for in-house stuff. Now there is a push to copy/convert all the offsite permanent volumes to stacked exported tapes. The problem? We don't have a clue on how to get started on this beastie. We're using TapeCopy as our engine and I can run all sorts of reports and create the jobs, but we have 6,300 tapes and 10,500 datasets to move from 3480 and 3490 to stacked 3590e tapes. That's a lot of manual stuff... The Redbook on VTS is of some help, but not from a practical standpoint. Would anyone care to share their experiences with us? Somehow this got pretty much dropped in tech's lap and it's mostly TLMS type work. (We install it...not run it) TIA... -- 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
Re: What Now?
We didn't opt for VDR as we use the ATL for our DR stuff. -- 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
Re: What Now?
We use VDR to back up the VTS. Doug At 11:21 15-01-08, you wrote: We didn't opt for VDR as we use the ATL for our DR stuff. -- 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 Doug Fuerst Consultant BK Associates Brooklyn, NY (718) 921-2620 (Office) (718) 921-0952 (Fax) (917) 572-7364 (Cell) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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
Re: What Now?
Dan, Call TLMS L1 support as well. You may already be licensed for TLMS/Copycat; which will allow you to copy all those files from the virtual tapes to a couple of 3590e cartridges. You can use EARL or the Vantage/GMI gui interface to select those files you want copied; and have the output list be fed directly to Copycat. Russell Witt TLMS L2 Support Manager -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Daniel McLaughlin Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:34 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: What Now? The VTS thing is working fine for in-house stuff. Now there is a push to copy/convert all the offsite permanent volumes to stacked exported tapes. The problem? We don't have a clue on how to get started on this beastie. We're using TapeCopy as our engine and I can run all sorts of reports and create the jobs, but we have 6,300 tapes and 10,500 datasets to move from 3480 and 3490 to stacked 3590e tapes. That's a lot of manual stuff... The Redbook on VTS is of some help, but not from a practical standpoint. Would anyone care to share their experiences with us? Somehow this got pretty much dropped in tech's lap and it's mostly TLMS type work. (We install it...not run it) TIA... -- 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
