If you do not have Tapetools from IBM, I would recommend using that. We just migrated to a new tape hardware. This tool was helpful.
http://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/tapetool/ Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Pommier, Rex > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 7:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: 3494 tape library and B20 VTS question > > Hi all, > > We have a 3494 tape library with 3590 drives in it that is back-ending a 3494-B20 > virtual tape library. We have about 17 TB of data sitting on physical 3590 tapes in > the 3494 as stacked logical volumes from the B20. Does anybody know of any > way of getting a list of the logical tapes on a stacked volume straight from z/OS? I > know I can go to the physical library and request a tape map, but was hoping there > is a way to get this directly. I dug through the books I know of and found nothing. > > We're looking at the migration effort to get off the 3494 and would like to be able to > mount a physical 3590 tape once and copy the entire physical tape contents back to > the VTS for copying to the replacement device (whatever that ends up being) > > Thanks, > > Rex ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
