Dave: Indeed you are correct. We would do a T-DUMP at 512 on the files with items over 32K to work around this. It would seem your products take all of that into consideration. I wish I had known about these tools back then.
Michael On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Dave Taylor <sysm...@worldnet.att.net>wrote: > Hi Michael, > > I believe (correct me if I'm wrong please) that the "C" option with the > SAVE verb causes it to produce a backward-compatible account or file save - > ie backward compatible with R83. > > And, if I remember correctly, R83 records were limited to 32k. > > So, if you're going to use the "C" option, you need to identify any records > that exceed 32k and break them into partial records that do not exceet 32k > so they can be saved, restored and then pieced back together without leaving > data that exceed the 32k limit behind. > > In fact, it was this limitation in part that caused us to develop the > TAPE.DUMP and TAPE.LOAD programs. > > hth, > > 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: "Michael Libbe" <mli...@gmail.com> > To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> > Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 1:39 PM > Subject: Re: [U2] Mentor Pro to UniVerse > > > Chuck: >> It has been quite a while since I've done one, but I've done several in >> the >> past. >> >> When making the tape on Mentor Pro: >> >> T-ATT 512 >> T-ONLINE >> SAVE SYSTEM acct (FTYC >> >> On UV using UniAdmin: >> >> Choose Import >> Select your tape device >> Set your block size >> Check the Use Type 19 Files box >> >> I forget if you need to have the account defined in UV first or if the >> restore will create it. Also be sure to get the account on a single tape. >> I never had any luck with multi-reel tapes, but I've heard it works. >> >> HTH >> >> Michael >> >> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Results <resu...@keyally.com> wrote: >> >> All, >>> I'm moving a customer from Mentor Pro to UniVerse. My gut tells me suck >>> the data out through Telnet but I wondered if anyone has any advice on >>> doing >>> it by tape? I remember their being some nasty item-size limits with tape >>> but >>> it has been so long since I've done a tape anything... All help >>> appreciated. >>> >>> - Chuck >>> ------- >>> 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-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
