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<title>Virtual optical storage</title>
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<h1 class="topictitle1">Virtual optical storage</h1>
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<div><p>When you use virtual optical storage, you create virtual CD or
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DVD images that exist on your server disk units.</p>
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<p> You can use virtual optical images to perform the following tasks:</p>
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<ul><li>Install software such as Licensed Internal Code, program temporary fixes
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(PTFs), i5/OS™,
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and licensed programs</li>
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<li>Distribute software</li>
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<li>Perform backups</li>
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<li>Create distribution media for Central Site</li>
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<li>Create Save Licensed Programs media</li>
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</ul>
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<p>The following topics provide information about virtual optical storage
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and how you can use it.</p>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /><strong><a href="rzam4imgcatvo.htm">Image catalog entry for virtual optical storage</a></strong><img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /><br />
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An <span class="uicontrol">image catalog entry</span> is a position within
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an image catalog that contains information about a virtual image that is located
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in the image catalog directory. </li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /><strong><a href="rzam4access.htm">Access</a></strong><img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /><br />
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<span class="uicontrol">Access</span> refers to whether an image catalog
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entry is read-only or if it is also writable. </li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /><strong><a href="rzam4vsvo.htm">Volume spanning for virtual optical storage</a></strong><img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /><br />
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When a save operation <strong>spans</strong> a volume, it pauses the save
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process when the current piece of media you are using runs out of space and
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it continues the save operation on the next piece of media. In the context
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of backup and recovery, a volume is the media that you are using to save your
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data. Spanning occurs when the volumes have files that continue from one volume
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to the next.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /><strong><a href="rzam4virtlimit.htm">Limitations of virtual optical storage</a></strong><img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /><br />
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You can use virtual optical storage for all operations that can write to actual media with the following exceptions.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /><strong><a href="rzam4formatsvo.htm">Format of virtual optical images</a></strong><img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /><br />
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For virtual optical, images are available in International Standards Organization (ISO) 9660 format and Universal disk format (UDF).</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /><strong><a href="rzam4virtualprep.htm">Prepare for virtual optical storage</a></strong><img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /><br />
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This topic provides information about meeting the requirements for virtual tape storage and preparing to use it.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /><strong><a href="rzam4virtualuse.htm">Set up virtual optical storage</a></strong><img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /><br />
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This topic provides a high-level overview of the steps used to set up virtual optical storage. The topic also provides links to information that provide specific instructions for setting up virtual optical storage based on what task you want to accomplish.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /><strong><a href="rzam4writeprotect.htm">Change the write protection for image catalog entries for virtual optical</a></strong><img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /><br />
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Use this information to change the access-mode for virtual optical media.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /><strong><a href="rzam4virtualimage.htm">Create actual media from a virtual image</a></strong><img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /><br />
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Use these instructions to copy a virtual image to an optical disk.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /><strong><a href="rzam4movevirt.htm">Transport virtual images to another server</a></strong><img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /><br />
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Use these instructions to move virtual images among different servers.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /><strong><a href="rzam4virtualtrbl.htm">Troubleshoot virtual optical storage</a></strong><img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /><br />
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This topic provides general information about troubleshooting common virtual optical problems.</li>
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<div class="familylinks">
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /><a href="rzam4virtualstorage.htm" title="Virtual storage consists of objects that, when used together, imitate tape, CD, DVD, and write-once read-many (WORM) media on your disk units. The imitated media appear to the server to be actual media.">Virtual storage</a><img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></div>
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