Many years ago (decades) I used VETAPE (modified) from the CBT to convert from reel to cartridge. The program even created the change commands when the company was running CA-TLMS.
Matthew On Wed, 21 Sep 2022 23:37:57 -0500, Brian Westerman <brian_wester...@syzygyinc.com> wrote: >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
