Moving data with the tape-to-tape copy function

To move data from a previous tape technology to a new tape technology by using the NDMP tape-to-tape copy operation, you must complete the standard steps in your configuration setup and additional steps.

About this task

When you use the NDMP tape-to-tape copy function, your configuration setup might affect the performance of the IBM Storage Protect back-end data movement.

In addition to the standard steps in your configuration setup, complete the following steps:

1. Define one drive in the library, lib1, that has previous tape technology:

    define drive lib1 drv1 element=1035

2. Define one drive in the library, lib2, that has new tape technology:

   define drive lib2 drv1 element=1036 

3. Define paths from the NAS file server to each drive:

   define path nas1 drv1 sourcetype=datamover desttype=drive library=lib1 device=rst1l
   define path nas1 drv1 sourcetype=datamover desttype=drive library=lib2 device=rst2l

4. Move data on volume vol1 in the primary storage pool to the volumes in another primary storage pool, nasprimpool2:

   move data vol1 stgpool=nasprimpool2