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<h1 class="topictitle1">Virtual optical media</h1>
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<div><p>You can use virtual optical media to save images directly to system disk
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units for convenience, flexibility, and in some cases improved performance.
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The following scenarios will give you some examples of ways that you can utilize
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virtual optical in your save environment. Virtual optical is beneficial for
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unattended saves because it eliminates media errors that could halt an unattended
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save. If you do not allocate enough space in the image catalog to save the
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intended information, virtual optical will use the autoload feature to create
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additional images with the same capacity as the last image you loaded, provided
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the disk storage is available. You must specify automatic load in the reply
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list, MSGID(OPT149F), to avoid receiving a message that interrupts the unattended
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save.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Ability to duplicate to physical media</h4><div class="p">When a save
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is complete to virtual optical, you can transfer it to physical media at any
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time and not interfere with system operations. You also have the capability
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to send the stream files from the virtual optical save to another system via
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FTP. If you have multiple servers, your strategy could be to save each system
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to virtual optical and then FTP the stream files to a single server where
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the save to physical media could take place. You can save the virtual images
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to tape in optical format, or you can use the Duplicate Optical (DUPOPT) command
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to save the image to optical media. <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> In a disaster recovery situation
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you must have physical media of the Licensed Internal Code and the operating
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system to begin your recovery. If you are saving to virtual optical as part
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of your disaster protection strategy, you must then save your Licensed Internal
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Code and operating system to physical media from the virtual images. You must
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also have access to all of your user data, either on a remote system or on
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physical media.</div>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Save cumulative PTF record</h4><p>If you receive fixes
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on CD-ROM, you can install your fixes from an image catalog. To maintain a
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complete record of all of the fixes that you apply, you can save these virtual
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PTF images to media. Then, in a recovery situation, you can restore all of
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the cumulative PTF images and automatically install them from the image catalog.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Save to virtual optical</h4><p>Perform the following steps
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to save data to virtual optical media.</p>
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<ol><li>Ensure that the server has enough disk space to hold all the virtual images
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you are going to create for your save operation.</li>
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<li>Create a virtual optical device. <pre>CRTDEVOPT DEVD(virtual-device-name)RSRCNAME(*VRT) ONLINE(*YES)+
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TEXT(<var class="varname">text-description</var>)</pre>
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</li>
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<li>Vary on the virtual optical device. <pre>VRYCFG CFGOBJ(virtual-device-name) CFGTYPE(*DEV) STATUS(*ON)</pre>
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</li>
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<li>Create an image catalog for your save operation. <pre>CRTIMGCLG IMGCLG(catalog-name) DIR(catalog-path) CRTDIR(*YES) +
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TEXT(<var class="varname">image-description</var>)</pre>
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</li>
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<li>Add a new image catalog entry with a size of 48MB to 16GB. If you are
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performing a SAVSYS, the first volume must be at least 1489 MB to accommodate
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the Licensed Internal Code. If you plan to save the full operating system,
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add a new image catalog entry with a size of 4GB. If you plan to duplicate
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image catalogs to physical media, then ensure you select a virtual image size
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that matches the size of the media you plan to write to. <pre>ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(catalog-name) FROMFILE(*NEW) TOFILE(file-name) +
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IMGSIZ(*DVD4700) TEXT(<var class="varname">text-description</var>) </pre>
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<pre>ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(catalog-name) FROMFILE(*NEW) TOFILE(file-name) +
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IMGSIZ(*CD650) TEXT(<var class="varname">catalog-descritpion</var>)</pre>
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Repeat this step for the number of desired images. You should add the images
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in the same order as you plan to restore from them. The virtual images provide
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spanning capability, with sequence numbers continuing from one volume to the
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next.</li>
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<li>Load the image catalog. This step associates the virtual optical device
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to the image catalog. Only one image catalog at a time can be associated with
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a specific virtual optical device. <pre>LODIMGCLG IMGCLG(catalog-name) DEV(virtual-device-name) OPTION(*LOAD)</pre>
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</li>
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<li>Initialize the new volume. <pre>INZOPT NEWVOL(volume-name) DEV(virtual-device-name) TEXT('volume text')</pre>
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Repeat
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this step for the number of new images you want to initialize. Use the WRKIMGCLGE
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(Work with image catalog entries) command to select the image to be initialized
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or use the LODIMGCLGE (Load or unload image catalog entry) command to continue
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to the next volume to be initialized. <pre>LODIMGCLGE IMGCLG(catelog-name) IMGCLGIDX(2) OPTION(*MOUNT)</pre>
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<pre>LODIMGCLGE IMGCLG(catelog-name) IMGCLGIDX(1) OPTION(*MOUNT)</pre>
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When you have completed initializing the new volumes, leave the first entry
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in mounted status. </li>
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<li>Run the save command for your desired save operation, listing the virtual
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optical device in the DEV parameter.</li>
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</ol>
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<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> After you create virtual optical images, they will automatically
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be included when you perform a full system save using GO SAVE Option 21. The
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virtual optical images could significantly increase the time it takes to complete
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the Option 21 save operation, even if the image catalog entries do not contain
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data. If you want to exclude the virtual images from a full system save, use
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one of the following strategies: <ul><li>Use the Change Attribute (CHGATR) command to mark the image catalog directory
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as non-saveable. For example: <pre>CHGATR OBJ('/MYINFO') ATR(*ALWSAV) VALUE(*NO) </pre>
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</li>
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<li>Use the Load Image Catalog (LODIMGCLG) command to make the image catalog
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ready. Image catalogs with a ready status will be omitted from the save.</li>
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<li>In an attended save, you can specify to omit the image catalog directories
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on the Save Object (SAV) command.</li>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzaiurzaiu102.htm">Choose your save media</a></div>
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<div class="relinfo"><strong>Related information</strong><br />
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<div><a href="../rzam4/rzam4virtual.htm">Virtual optical storage</a></div>
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<div><a href="../rzam8/rzam8fixinstallimage.htm">Install your fixes from an image catalog</a></div>
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<div><a href="../cl/crtdevopt.htm">CRTDEVOPT</a></div>
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<div><a href="../cl/vrycfg.htm">VRYCFG</a></div>
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<div><a href="../cl/crtimgclg.htm">CRTIMGCLG</a></div>
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<div><a href="../cl/addimgclge.htm">ADDIMGCLGE</a></div>
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<div><a href="../cl/lodimgclg.htm">LODIMGCLG</a></div>
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<div><a href="../cl/inzopt.htm">INZOPT</a></div>
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<div><a href="../cl/chgatr.htm">CHGATR</a></div>
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