Convert Optical Backup (CVTOPTBKU)

The Convert Optical Backup (CVTOPTBKU) command converts an optical backup volume to an optical primary volume. User applications and programs can then write to the converted volume.

Note: Once an optical volume is converted from a backup volume to a primary volume, you must initialize the optical volume to convert it to a backup volume again. Initializing an optical volume results in losing all existing information on the optical volume.

Restriction: To use this command you must have *ALL authority to the authorization list securing the volume to be converted.

Parameters

Keyword Description Choices Notes
BKUVOL Backup volume identifier Character value Required, Positional 1
PRIVOL Primary volume identifier Character value, *PRVPRIVOL Optional, Positional 2

Backup volume identifier (BKUVOL)

Specifies the volume identifier of the optical backup volume being converted to a primary volume.

Primary volume identifier (PRIVOL)

Specifies the identifier of the optical volume after it is converted to a primary volume.

Note: The identifier must be unique within the system you are using. More information about optical volume names can be found in the Optical Support, SC41-4310 book.

*PRVPRIVOL
The identifier of the new primary optical volume is the same as the identifier of the primary optical volume for which this volume previously was a backup.

When an optical backup volume is first used, the system records the volume identifier of the primary volume on the media. This is done to ensure that no other primary volume can use the same backup volume identifier. This also ensures that the original name of the primary volume is known at the time the optical backup volume is converted.

primary-volume-identifier
Specify a new volume identifier. This is the identifier of the volume after this command completes successfully.

Examples

CVTOPTBKU   BKUVOL(VOL01BACKUP)  PRIVOL(VOL02)

This command converts the optical backup volume VOL01BACKUP to a primary optical volume. VOL02 is the identifier of the optical volume after it is converted.

Error messages

*ESCAPE Messages

OPT1305
Optical volume &1 is read only.
OPT1315
Optical volume &1 is write protected.
OPT1320
Optical volume &1 in use.
OPT1325
Optical volume format not recognized.
OPT1330
Optical volume not found or not useable.
OPT1331
Optical volume &1 not found.
OPT1340
Optical volume &1 not initialized.
OPT1342
Invalid volume identifier specified.
OPT1345
No free space available on media.
OPT1350
Write operation failed to optical volume &1.
OPT1360
Media directory corrupted on optical volume &1.
OPT1375
Optical volume &1 already exists.
OPT1460
Optical volume &1 is not in an optical device.
OPT1462
Operation not completed, optical volume is not a backup volume.
OPT1530
&1 does not represent a valid optical device.
OPT1605
Media or device error occurred.
OPT1790
Operation not allowed or conflicts with another request.
OPT1805
Error accessing optical volume index file.
OPT1810
Error accessing optical directory index file.
OPT1815
Internal program error occurred.
OPT1820
Internal error occurred on optical device &1.
OPT1825
Optical indexes are incorrect for optical device &1.
OPT1860
Request to optical device &1 failed.
OPT1861
No device description configured for resource &1.
OPT1862
No active device description for resource &1.
OPT1863
Optical libraries need to be reclaimed.
OPT1872
Optical request timed out or was cancelled.
OPT2030
Error during Convert Optical Backup.
OPT2301
Internal system object in use.
OPT7740
User not authorized to object &2 in library &3 type &4.