Harry,

ADSM provides a Export Node/Import Node function which can be used to do
the kind of transfer you're interested in.

'Export Node' copies the actual file data as well as the ADSM database
information needed to reconstruct the ADSM database to a tape which can be
checked out of one library and into the other library.  The 'Import Node'
function can be used to load the tape's contents making it restorable.
After restore, you just delete the filespace and remove the node from the
second server (if desired).

The one catch is that the minimum amount of data exportable is a single
filespace from one node.  So, you may have to export/import a lot more data
than just one DB2 database.

I believe V3 also provides the ability to do exports across the network to
another server but I'm not familiar with it and you'd have to consider the
network traffic impact of doing that.

Dennis Schaffer
Mutual of Omaha






h.zimmermann AT GROHE DOT DE on 10/14/98 08:28:23 AM

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Subject:  Tape transfer between 2 Servers




Hi,
I need some help to find out how to handle the following problem: Imagine 2
RS/6000 each with ADSM-Server 3. On machine A I do a DB2-database backup
using an IBM 3570 tape drive. Now I want to restore the backup on machine B
which also has a 3570 attached to its ADSM Server. ADSM on machine B does
not know about any tape that has been written on machine A so I cannot
access the tape. How can I transfer this information between the
ADSM-Servers? Is there any kind of export functionality which copies the
information about tape contents to a small file which can be transferred?
Up to now I used to copy the complete ADSM-Database (which is not too big
because only complete daily DB-backups and logs are in there) but this
cannot be the correct solution.
  regards
           Harry