There is no process that does not involve cloning.  There is no process to just 
copy the data.

On 10/18/10 10:53 AM, George Sinclair wrote:
> Francis Swasey wrote:
>> man nsrstage.
> 
> From the man page: "... The process begins with a clone of the specific save 
> sets to the new
> volume specified, followed by the deletion of cloned save set entries from 
> the media database ..."
> 
> I'm trying to find a method that does not involve cloning?
> 
> George
> 
> 
>>
>> On 10/18/10 10:38 AM, George Sinclair wrote:
>>> 1. Is it possible to move or copy data (let's say a save set) from source 
>>> tape A (pool type:
>>> backup) to tape B (pool type backup) *WITHOUT* tape B having to be a clone 
>>> volume?
>>>
>>> The earlier post "Stage from tape to tape" got me thinking about this. When 
>>> using nsrstage, the
>>> target volume will have to a be a clone volume, correct? After all, 
>>> nsrstage does clone the
>>> data, yes? OK, assuming that much, could you use scanner with uasm and then 
>>> somehow re-pipe
>>> that to another uasm command to re-save the data to the target tape? Or, 
>>> would it be better to
>>> simply recover the data to disk and then re-back it up? This seems 
>>> redundant, and in some
>>> cases, available disk space could be an issue. What's the best way to do 
>>> this sort of thing?
>>> How would this work?
>>>
>>> The reason this came up is because there have been times in the past when I 
>>> had a given tape
>>> with a few save sets that I wanted to get off to another tape but 
>>> otherwise, I wanted to just
>>> recycle the tape. I ended up just creating a new clone pool and cloning it, 
>>> but in retrospect,
>>> I didn't really want to have to create a new clone pool to do it, so 
>>> copying it to another tape
>>> in the same pool would have been logical. I wasn't really trying to create 
>>> an additional copy.
>>>
>>> 2. On another note, is it possible to use a symbolic name for the save 
>>> operation to the new
>>> tape that's different from the name (or default name) for the original?
>>>
>>> 3. I assume that if you wanted to do the equivalent of a move rather than a 
>>> copy then you'd
>>> have to either recycle the original tape or use nsrmm to delete the old 
>>> ssid from the media
>>> database, following the copy to the new tape, yes?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> George
>>>
>>
> 
> 

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