I think there is a file on the CBTtape that allows you to do this, but why do you want to keep the same VOLSERs, wouldn't it be better (and easier) to use another VOLSER group, and copy from/to using any number of utilities?
I have converted several sites from EMC to IBM to Luminex to Optica virtual tapes, and the process is always very simple (I used the process from the cbttape.org site), and the only tapes I had an issue with were Adabas backups, (which were able to be copied via the Adabas utility). One of the sites had some HSM issues that were resolved by just pointing HSM to the new volumes and having it migrate the backups and migration copies to the new tapes. The advantage of keeping the old and new volumes separate is that if you have problems, you won't have to work very hard to fall back. If you have a problem, it's only a matter of rerunning the conversion catalog step and you are back to you old tapes. Also, I believe that COPYCAT is now free from CA/Broadcom, so if you have CA-1 you get it for free. Brian ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
