Re: [U2] Universe Windows reading a Virtual Tape File
Curt, The only virtual save and restore processes on Universe are uvbackup and uvrestore, and they work only with eachother and only with existing Universe accounts. We have two tools that you can use, however, to accomplish your goal. Please let me know if you would like to discuss these. And remember, there are no dumb questions. Best wishes, Dave Dave Taylor Sysmark Information Systems, Inc. Authorized IBM Business Partner 49 Aspen Way Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 (O) 800-SYSMARK (800-797-6275) (F) 310-377-3550 (C) 310-561-5200 www.sysmarkinfo.com - Original Message - From: Curt Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 10:10 PM Subject: [U2] Universe Windows reading a Virtual Tape File I apologize if this is a dumb question, but I haven't found a definitive answer anywhere including the manuals. I'm still in the process of converting a D3 application to Universe and I've T-Dumped a bunch of file dictionaries to a VTF and now I just want to be able to T-LOAD them into the Universe Account. I've tried setting the device to the VTF but it won't read the file. What am I missing? I would appreciate any comments that you are willing to share. Thanks for your help. Sincerely, Curt Stewart TRI-SYS Consulting --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
Re: [U2] Universe Windows reading a Virtual Tape File
Not a dumb question. I've seen threads on here before about this. I think the bottom line is that universe on windows has no way to deal with virtual tape, but universe on unix/linux does. So if you have access to universe on unix, load your t-dumps there and then use uvbackup to save/restore to the windows machine. I might be wrong, but I seem to recall that universe can import a d3 file-save, and maybe the program that does that can read from a file. As another alternative, If what you have is t-dumps, the t-dump format is almost trivially simple. You could write a basic program using OPENSEQ/READBLK to read from the virtual tape file and load the data--your own t-load program. Has anyone ever seen a virtual tape driver for windows? In the same way that you can create a virtual disk in ram, has anyone ever seen a program that creates a virtual tape from a disk file? On Aug 18, 2008, at 1:10 AM, Curt Stewart wrote: I apologize if this is a dumb question, but I haven't found a definitive answer anywhere including the manuals. I'm still in the process of converting a D3 application to Universe and I've T-Dumped a bunch of file dictionaries to a VTF and now I just want to be able to T-LOAD them into the Universe Account. I've tried setting the device to the VTF but it won't read the file. What am I missing? I would appreciate any comments that you are willing to share. Thanks for your help. Sincerely, Curt Stewart TRI-SYS Consulting --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] Universe Windows reading a Virtual Tape File
UV on windows does not do virtual tapes but if you do a T-DUMP from D3 you can load the file(s) to UniVerse using the T.LOAD verb with the PICK.FORMAT option. I have both D3/Windows and UniVerse/Windows and have had good success moving small numbers of files. Ron White -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Curt Stewart Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 12:10 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] Universe Windows reading a Virtual Tape File I apologize if this is a dumb question, but I haven't found a definitive answer anywhere including the manuals. I'm still in the process of converting a D3 application to Universe and I've T-Dumped a bunch of file dictionaries to a VTF and now I just want to be able to T-LOAD them into the Universe Account. I've tried setting the device to the VTF but it won't read the file. What am I missing? I would appreciate any comments that you are willing to share. Thanks for your help. Sincerely, Curt Stewart TRI-SYS Consulting --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] Universe Windows reading a Virtual Tape File
Ron: I was able to restore a D3 account (from Linux) onto a UniVerse on Windows machine (my Thinkpad). In order to accomplish this you need to know the secret IBM/U2 handshake. Fortunately, a VAR told me what that secret handshake was and I got it done. I emailed Curt the instructions for this secret handshake so he should be able to properly restore a D3 account onto his UniVerse on Windows machine. Colin Alfke told me how to do the same thing with UniData and I was able to upgrade our clients from D3 to UniData by doing an account restore. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron White Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 11:27 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] Universe Windows reading a Virtual Tape File UV on windows does not do virtual tapes but if you do a T-DUMP from D3 you can load the file(s) to UniVerse using the T.LOAD verb with the PICK.FORMAT option. I have both D3/Windows and UniVerse/Windows and have had good success moving small numbers of files. Ron White -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Curt Stewart Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 12:10 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] Universe Windows reading a Virtual Tape File I apologize if this is a dumb question, but I haven't found a definitive answer anywhere including the manuals. I'm still in the process of converting a D3 application to Universe and I've T- Dumped a bunch of file dictionaries to a VTF and now I just want to be able to T-LOAD them into the Universe Account. I've tried setting the device to the VTF but it won't read the file. What am I missing? I would appreciate any comments that you are willing to share. Thanks for your help. Sincerely, Curt Stewart TRI-SYS Consulting --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
[U2] Universe Windows reading a Virtual Tape File
I apologize if this is a dumb question, but I haven't found a definitive answer anywhere including the manuals. I'm still in the process of converting a D3 application to Universe and I've T-Dumped a bunch of file dictionaries to a VTF and now I just want to be able to T-LOAD them into the Universe Account. I've tried setting the device to the VTF but it won't read the file. What am I missing? I would appreciate any comments that you are willing to share. Thanks for your help. Sincerely, Curt Stewart TRI-SYS Consulting --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
