Re: SPXTAPE alternatives

2008-10-06 Thread Ronald van der Laan
Florian, For the DCSS type segments, you can use the MOVESEG command, but for the NSSes, (CMS and GCS) you will still need to regenerate them. You can find MOVESEG at http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/descript.cgi?MOVESEG Ronald van der Laan

SPXTAPE alternatives

2008-10-06 Thread Florian Bilek
Dear all, Are there alternatives for SPXTAPE? I would like to copy the single pack spool with the saved segments from t he newly installed z/VM 5.4 to a spool area that consists of several disks. I would like to avoid regenerating those shared segments. Doing this, I would like to use a

Re: SPXTAPE alternatives

2008-10-06 Thread Dave Jones
Hi, Florian. You might want to try using the SFB utility that can backup and restore NSS as well as DCSS type segments. It can also process a number of other spool file types as well. You can download a copy here: http://www.vsoft-software.com/downloads.html Have a good one. Ronald van der

Re: SPXTAPE alternatives

2008-10-06 Thread Florian Bilek
Hi Dave, This is great! Thank you very much. It is exactly what I was looking for. BR Florian On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 08:00:06 -0500, Dave Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] w rote: Hi, Florian. You might want to try using the SFB utility that can backup and restore NSS as well as DCSS type segments.

Re: SPXTAPE alternatives

2008-10-06 Thread Schuh, Richard
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 4:22 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: SPXTAPE alternatives Florian, For the DCSS type segments, you can use the MOVESEG command, but for the NSSes, (CMS and GCS) you will still need to regenerate them

Re: SPXTAPE alternatives

2007-03-07 Thread Jim Bohnsack
That would make a great addition to the VM Download site. There are real shortcomings to DCSSBKUP DCSSRSAV, namely losing the creation date and only being able to handle DCSS's, ie not NSS's and the other files you mentioned. Jim Chris Langford wrote: I have a program that will backup to

Re: SPXTAPE alternatives

2007-03-07 Thread achang
IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: SPXTAPE alternatives That would make a great addition to the VM Download site. There are real shortcomings to DCSSBKUP DCSSRSAV, namely losing the creation date and only being able to handle DCSS's, ie not NSS's

Re: SPXTAPE alternatives

2007-03-07 Thread Jim Bohnsack
@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: SPXTAPE alternatives That would make a great addition to the VM Download site. There are real shortcomings to DCSSBKUP DCSSRSAV, namely losing the creation date and only being able to handle DCSS's, ie not NSS's and the other files you mentioned. Jim Chris

Re: SPXTAPE alternatives

2007-03-07 Thread Thomas Kern
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Re: SPXTAPE alternatives

2007-03-07 Thread achang
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Re: SPXTAPE alternatives

2007-03-06 Thread Kris Buelens
@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: [IBMVM] SPXTAPE alternatives I have a z/VM 5.1 system used to host linux guests. I need to move all the volumes from one ESS to a new ESS (F20 to 800 if it makes a difference). I note that the correct way to move the spool and nss/dcss is via SPXTAPE -- can this be used to write

Re: SPXTAPE alternatives

2007-03-06 Thread RPN01
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 10:09:01 +0200 To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: SPXTAPE alternatives Saved segments can be copied too with DCSSBKUP DCSSRSAV. The problem(?) is that you before a DCSSRSAV, one must issue a DEFSEG with the appropriate values. CMS and GCS must be rebuilt SAMPNSS CMS#IPL

Re: SPXTAPE alternatives

2007-03-06 Thread Chris Langford
mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: [IBMVM] SPXTAPE alternatives I have a z/VM 5.1 system used to host linux guests. I need to move all the volumes from one ESS to a new ESS (F20 to 800 if it makes a difference). I note that the correct way to move the spool and nss/dcss is via

SPXTAPE alternatives

2007-03-05 Thread Jerry Whitteridge
I have a z/VM 5.1 system used to host linux guests. I need to move all the volumes from one ESS to a new ESS (F20 to 800 if it makes a difference). I note that the correct way to move the spool and nss/dcss is via SPXTAPE -- can this be used to write to dasd as I have no tape drives (or volumes)

Re: SPXTAPE alternatives

2007-03-05 Thread David Boyes
I note that the correct way to move the spool and nss/dcss is via SPXTAPE -- can this be used to write to dasd as I have no tape drives (or volumes) assigned to the VM LPAR ? SPXTAPE only understands tapes, AFAIK. It'd be nice if it allowed you to connect a pipe to a CP system service and

Re: SPXTAPE alternatives

2007-03-05 Thread O'Brien, Dennis L
Whitteridge Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 13:40 To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: [IBMVM] SPXTAPE alternatives I have a z/VM 5.1 system used to host linux guests. I need to move all the volumes from one ESS to a new ESS (F20 to 800 if it makes a difference). I note that the correct way to move