The bincopy utility for AIX and ULTRIX

 

There is a GSI-made utility program which allows exchange of binary data between UNIX tapes and disks as well as between the MVS data pool and UNIX tapes and disks. Here is a short description:

bincopy <infiles> <outfiles>   # lists of files, separated by commas, no blanks
       [-l<label>]             # for tape output: name of tape, <= 6 characters
       [-f<recordformat>]      # for tape output from UNIX disk
       [-r<recordlength>]      # for tape output from UNIX disk
       [-b<blocksize>]         # for tape output: physical blocksize
       [-s<filesize-in-bytes>] # for tape  input: max. filesize, def.=200MB
       [-d]                    # debug option, lots of output
       [-i<inprefix>]          # prefix every infile name with <inprefix>
       [-o<outprefix>]         # prefix every infile name with <outprefix>
       [-h]                    # HSM recall/migrate action runs in parallel to network transfer 
                               # saves disk space on MVS

Here are some typical examples:

• Importing raw data from tape drive /dev/rmt0 to the MVS data pool, with automatic HSM migration:

  bincopy 0815.lmd,1001.lmd 0815,1001 -i/dev/rmt0:run_ -omvs128::kp09.lmdv.s109.raw -h
          # run_0815.lmd  -> kp09.lmdv.s109.raw0815  
          # run_1001.lmd  -> kp09.lmdv.s109.raw1001

• Importing raw data from tape drive /dev/rmt0 to a UNIX data pool:

  bincopy 0815.lmd,1001.lmd 0815.lmd,1001.lmd -i/dev/rmt0:run_ -o/data01/run_ -lTxxxxx
          # run_0815.lmd  -> /data01/run_0815.lmd  
          # run_1001.lmd  -> /data01/run_1001.lmd

• Exporting DST files from the MVS data pool to tape drive /dev/rmt0, with HSM prefetch:

  bincopy 0815,1001 0815.dst,1001.dst -o/dev/rmt0:run_ -imvs128::kp09.dstx.s109.dst -h
          # kp09.dstx.s109.dst0815 -> run_0815.dst   
          # kp09.dstx.s109.dst1001 -> run_1001.dst

• Exporting DST files from a UNIX data pool to tape drive /dev/rmt0:

  bincopy 0815.dst,1001.dst 0815.dst,1001.dst -o/dev/rmt0:run_ -i/data01/run_ -lTxxxxx -fF -r3600
          # /data01/run_0815.dst -> run_0815.dst   
          # /data01/run_1001.dst -> run_1001.dst