Re: Pre-Friday fun: Halon dumps and POK Resets

2012-03-22 Thread Don Bolton
While working in Galveston for an insurance company, each time the radar would sweep our building we would get an I/O error on the drum. We had to but tin foil in a few windows to stop the errors, about 1971. Don Don Bolton Director of Technical Services OpenTech Systems, Inc. -Original

Re: Restore db2 image copy backup efficiently

2012-02-13 Thread Don Bolton
Terry, Here's someone that our xDB2 product could have helped. Don -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Victor Zhang Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:01 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Restore db2 image copy backup

Re: different tape media for ML2 copies in HSM

2012-01-27 Thread Don Bolton
David, That's a very good question. OpenTech Systems VDR product will make the necessary updates to the MCDS so that HSM will know about the new volumes. Whether VDR is restoring primary or alternate copies the MCDS will be updated correctly. Don Don Bolton Director of Technical Services

Re: different tape media for ML2 copies in HSM

2012-01-27 Thread Don Bolton
Judith, OpenTech Systems VDR product will allow you to stack many HSM 3490 tapes on one 3590. At DR, the 3590's would be unstacked into another virtual tape library while updating the MCDS. Don Don Bolton Director of Technical Services OpenTech Systems, Inc. http://www.opentechsystems.com

Re: different tape media for ML2 copies in HSM

2012-01-27 Thread Don Bolton
Judith, That is a question best answered by CA whom usually monitors this listsrv. Sorry, Don Don Bolton Director of Technical Services OpenTech Systems, Inc. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Judith Nelson Sent: Friday

Re: Problems with TSO TEST

2011-05-24 Thread Don Bolton
SR BCR AMA113I COMPLETED DUMP REQUIREMENTS AMA100I AMASPZAP PROCESSING COMPLETED BOTTOM OF DATA *COMPLETED Don Don

Re: Backup OFFLINE disks

2011-03-14 Thread Don Bolton
find information via this link; http://www.opentechsystems.com/dbs.php Regards, Don Don Bolton Director Technical Services www.OpentechSystems.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Arye Shemer Arye Shemer [aryeshe...@gmail.com

Re: RMM and Tivoli Tape Optimizer and 1999/365

2011-03-11 Thread Don Bolton
Ken, I do not know how Tivoli works but Opentech Systems TapeCopy product can copy or move those and a lot more like OAM object backup tapes. http://www.opentechsystems.com/tape-copy.php Regards, Don Don Bolton Director Technical Services www.OpentechSystems.com -Original Message

Re: Product Suggestions

2010-10-27 Thread Don Bolton
August, The CopyCat product can be replaced with the OpenTech Systems TapeCOpy product. URL listed below. Don -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of August Carideo Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 12:47 PM To:

Re: Contents of CVTDCB

2010-08-27 Thread Don Bolton
10. 0010. 00FD9F40 TEST l fd9f40.+74 00FD9FB4. 9BFE1C18 TEST Don Bolton Director Technical Services www.OpentechSystems.com -Original Message

Re: Flashcopy

2010-03-18 Thread Don Bolton
review the link. http://www.opentechsystems.com/dbs.php Best regards, Don Don Bolton Director Technical Services www.OpentechSystems.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of FRANCIS SOUSA Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:52

Re: Backing Up Linux Volumes

2009-09-22 Thread Don Bolton
farm and automatically pick up any new volumes and return high condition code or ABEND when there are missing volumes. DBS also builds all the recovery jobs! http://www.opentechsystems.com/dbs.php Don Bolton Director Technical Services www.OpentechSystems.com -Original Message- From

Re: FDR Dilemnas

2009-08-04 Thread Don Bolton
the following link: http://www.opentechsystems.com/dbs.php Regards, Don Don Bolton Director Technical Services www.OpentechSystems.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Daniel McLaughlin Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 9:42 AM

Re: SPF/pc, Gone???

2009-05-08 Thread Don Bolton
. Tim Tetiva CTC Sales www.commandtechnology.com Don Bolton Director Technical Services www.OpentechSystems.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Brian Kenny Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 7:07 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject

Re: Data erase on stacked backend tapes.

2009-03-27 Thread Don Bolton
the Data Security Erase (DSE) command. Don Bolton Director Technical Services www.OpentechSystems.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of John Benik Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 9:05 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Data

Re: 3270 emulator cost

2009-02-24 Thread Don Bolton
Barry, I'd check out www.sdisw.com for Tn3270 Plus which is around $40. We are also using their FTP client, LPD. Tn3270 also works as a console on our z9 mainframe. It also supports Vista. Don Don Bolton Director Technical Services www.OpentechSystems.com -Original Message- From: IBM

Re: Info on Setting Up an Lpar for Flashcopy

2008-09-05 Thread Don Bolton
://www.opentechsystems.com/dbs.php Regards, Don Don Bolton Director Technical Services www.OpentechSystems.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Bielefeld Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 9:59 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Info on Setting Up

Re: Erase tape data securely

2008-08-27 Thread Don Bolton
web site or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don Bolton Director Technical Services -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Victor Zhang Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 2:43 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Erase tape data securely Hi all, I

Re: encryption on z/OS

2008-05-19 Thread Don Bolton
the file can be copied to another tape (virtual or native) or directly to disk. Please visit this link for more detailed information. http://www.opentechsystems.com/copycrypt.php Regards, Don Don Bolton Director Technical Services 800-460-3011 Phone 469-635-1500 Phone 469-635-1507 Fax

Re: Tape Migration

2007-11-29 Thread Don Bolton
and then continue to the next tape. Regards, Don Don Bolton Director Technical Services www.OpentechSystems.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ambat Ravi Nair Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:45 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject

Re: Tape Migration

2007-11-28 Thread Don Bolton
://www.opentechsystems.com/tape-copy.php http://www.opentechsystems.com/vtar.php Regards, Don Don Bolton Director Technical Services 800-460-3011 Phone www.OpentechSystems.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barry Jones Sent

Re: Flashcopy and ADR369D

2007-10-18 Thread Don Bolton
the flashcopy, backup and restore process. http://www.opentechsystems.com/dbs.php Don Bolton Director Technical Services www.OpentechSystems.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Shirey Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 3:28

Re: Virtual Tape ???

2007-06-20 Thread Don Bolton
TapeCopy uses EXCP code to copy tapes block for block. The copy will have the same number and size as the original, block for block. Check out TapeCopy via the following link; http://www.opentechsystems.com/tape-copy.php Don Don Bolton Director Technical Services 800-460-3011 Phone 469-635-1500

Re: Virtual Tape Stacking Software

2007-05-15 Thread Don Bolton
. By the way, if you are writing HSM ML2 to Virtual VDR can also copy those and recover them at the DR site and automatically update HSM about the new tape VOLSER. Please give me a call to discuss the many features available. Regards, Don Don Bolton Director Technical Services Development 800-460-3011

Re: Tape migration problem -any comment

2007-01-16 Thread Don Bolton
product http://www.opentechsystems.com/vtar.php will also integrate with TapeCopy to pre-stage the VTS volumes into cache thus lowering the VTS mounts closer to zero. Regards, Don Don Bolton Director Technical Services 800-460-3011 Phone www.OpentechSystems.com -Original Message- From: IBM

Re: TLMS CopyCat Utility

2006-12-28 Thread Don Bolton
://www.opentechsystems.com/tape-copy.php Don Bolton Director Technical Services www.OpentechSystems.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carlos Bodra Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 2:45 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: TLMS CopyCat Utility

Re: File encryption

2006-02-09 Thread Don Bolton
can be used to decrypt the file to disk or tape for B2B applications. We also support disk to tape encryption. Visit our web site for more information: www.opentechsystems.com . Don Bolton Dir Technical Services OpenTech Systems, Inc. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Re: Disaster Recovery and the Use of Aliases to Save Typing VOLSERS In.

2006-01-11 Thread Don Bolton
) and building the recovery JCL at the DR site. Please visit site http://www.opentechsystems.com/dbs.php for more detailed information. Don Bolton Dir Technical Services OpenTech Systems, Inc. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: User experiences TAPE/COPY

2005-07-21 Thread Don Bolton
, Zara. Best regards, Don Don Bolton Director Technical Services OpenTech Systems, Inc. 405 State Hwy 121 Building C, Suite 130 Lewisville, Texas 75067 800-460-3011 - Phone -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lieven Borgs Sent