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Tape conversion

 
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Sometimes, even if the data can be transferred to another system it will be unusable. We have experience with a wide range of data from older and obsolete systems and have developed a bespoke suite of tools to process data so that it can simply and quickly transferred to newer systems.

IBM Mainframe/AS400

  • We will process your COPY or SAVE format data and convert it into delimited ASCII with printable numeric fields. The results can be loaded into most PC/UNIX applications.
  • We can process several gigabytes of data every few hours. Your reprocessed data can therefore be returned to you before the start of the next working day.
  • We can convert from MVS Backup, AS/400 SaveObj and SaveLib and from MVS or OS/400 COPY format media.

VMS data

  • We have developed applications to convert data from a VMS Backup set and restructure record based files compatible with the majority of Windows or UNIX applications.
  • Data files containing records that are Fixed or Variable in length can be converted to be carriage return and line feed delimited.
  • Our rapid transfer process means that complex and slow network or communications connections are avoided.

Media conversion

Computer systems are notorious for being unable to communicate between one another. Just because you have the same drive as another system there is no guarantee that you will be able to read data from a tape that has been recorded by it.

Even between systems with similar operating systems and backup applications, interchange is a major problem.

You can see a list of our supported systems and formats or call us for more information.

See Conversion challenges and solutions that are most commonly affecting organisations.