There was an excellent presentation in IBM TechDocs called "Tape 101" that did exactly this. Of course, it is lost now... unless someone has a local copy.
- KB ------- Original Message ------- On Sunday, June 4th, 2023 at 10:16 PM, rpinion865 <0000042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > I've watched this thread for quite sometime. I come from a small systems > background, and did not have any exposure to tape libraries and VTS's. Now > that I'm working for a larger company, I feel lost in regards to the whole > VTS thing. I wish there was a z/OS VTS class that would start from the > beginning and work its way up to advanced concepts like clustering and the > subject that you guys have been talking about. Just saying. > > > > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > > > ------- Original Message ------- > On Sunday, June 4th, 2023 at 12:28 PM, jony cecil cecilj...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > Pls correct me if I misunderstood the situation: > > - you need to clean 0012 and 001F tapes on the cluster only, right? > > There's no Rmm or Tcdb information for them, right? > > Did you tried, just for one tape, to define it on tcdb with CREA VOLENT > > with UATTR(SCRATCH) and force an ALTER on it? Did the category changed to a > > scratch category, if so, you can an eject on it with LI E, tape, p. > > HTH, regards > > > > A domingo, 4 de jun de 2023, 11:32, Nobuhiko Furuya furu...@v-sol.co.jp > > > > escreveu: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > If category code 0002 doesn't have Expire Hold=On, you don't have to > > > wait the expire time passes before eject request. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Nobuhiko Furuya(古谷信彦) > > > V-SOL Inc. > > > > > > On 2023/06/03 23:54, Tom Longfellow wrote: > > > > > > > I have had some progress. Here is the sequence of command for one of > > > > my volumes. > > > > > > > > DELETE 'VTD0900' VOLUMEENTRY > > > > IDC3012I ENTRY VTD0900 NOT FOUND+ > > > > IDC3009I ** VSAM CATALOG RETURN CODE IS 8 - REASON CODE IS IGG0CLEG-42 > > > > IDC0551I ** ENTRY VTD0900 NOT DELETED > > > > IDC0014I LASTCC=8 > > > > CREATE VOLUMEENT(NAME(VTD0900) LIBRARYNAME(JISVTS1) LOCATION(LIBRARY) > > > > STORGRP(SCRTCH) MEDIATYPE(MEDIA2) RECORDING(36TRACK) > > > > USEATTRIBUTE(SCRATCH) > > > > RMM DV 'TD0900' FORCE > > > > RMM AV TD0900 STATUS(VOLCAT) > > > > RMM CV TD0900 RETPD(0) STATUS(USER) RELEASEACTION(SCRATCH) > > > > RETENTIONMETHOD(EXPDT) > > > > RMM DV TD0900 RELEASE > > > > > > > > This also works on volumes in Category 001F (PRIVATE). These commands > > > > were then followed by EDGPLSCS with the command. > > > > SQ TD0900 > > > > > > > > The final results are tapes in Category 0002. > > > > > > > > My next decision is when to try the EQ commands. Some are still > > > > holding space until internal VTS reclaim process cleans the cache ( > > > > Prefer Keep) status. > > > > Some have a 'Expire Time' of two weeks. Others have an 'Expire Time' > > > > of 'Not Set'. > > > > I may just go ahead and give it a try after waiting for a RMM > > > > Housekeeping to have a pass or two through the CDS. > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
