This may help too: http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP101094 I don't know if the TS7700 is a 3494-B20 or something else.
http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=an&subtype=ca&htmlfid=872/ENUSAG04-0362&appname=isource&language=enus <quote> BULK VOLUME INFORMATION RETRIEVAL The Bulk Volume Information Retrieval (BVIR) function has been added to the VTS to enable a MVS host job to obtain information about all of the logical volumes managed by a VTS, including a PtP VTS. Within a VTS, a database is maintained that contains information about the state and data validity of each logical volume. This function uses a logical volume to allow a batch job to request information from the VTS. When the logical volume is mounted, the VTS formats the requested information onto the volume as an IBM standard labeled tape volume that contains a single file. The file contains multiple records, one for each logical volume in the VTS. With its standard volume format, access to the data is provided through standard MVS utilities, such as IEBGENER. The following types of information can be requested: o Physical to logical volume mapping (ADSM server database version) o Cache contents o Token contents The BVIR function must be enabled by your IBM service representative. When used to obtain information for a specific VTS in a PtP VTS configuration, the Selective PtP Copy function is required to direct the request to the right VTS. For additional BVIR information refer to the IBM TotalStorage Virtual Tape Server 3494 Bulk Volume Information Retrieval Function User's Guide (WP100430) on the following Web site: http://www.ibm.com/support/techdocs </quote> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 9:41 AM, John McKown <[email protected]> wrote: > We have a -B10. The magic word is "BVIR", at least for the -B10. That is > a way to send "commands" to the VTS control software. On the -B10, the step > below will create a DSN on a virtual tape (defined in the DD) which will > contain a map of which physical volume contains which virtual volumes. > > //STEP0001 EXEC PGM=ICEGENER > //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* > //SYSIN DD DUMMY > //SYSUT1 DD * > VTS BULK VOLUME DATA REQUEST > VOLUME MAP > /* > //SYSUT2 DD DSN=&SYSUID..VIRTUAL.TAPE, > // DISP=(NEW,CATLG), > // RECFM=F,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=80,TRTCH=NOCOMP, > // UNIT=VTS2, > // LABEL=RETPD=1 > //* > //FETCH EXEC PGM=IEBGENER > //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* > //SYSIN DD DUMMY > //SYSUT1 DD DSN=&SYSUID..BVIR.TAPE,DISP=OLD > //SYSUT2 DD DSN=&SYSUID..BVIR.ONDISK, > // DISP=(NEW,CATLG), > // UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(TRK,(20,10),RLSE), > // BLKSIZE=32760,RECFM=U > > I don't know if that will work for a -B20 or not. The "control statements" > might be different. > > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Pommier, Rex <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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 >> >> The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from >> disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is >> not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for >> delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified >> that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action >> omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If >> you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately >> by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, >> whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > > > > -- > The temperature of the aqueous content of an unremittingly ogled > culinary vessel will not achieve 100 degrees on the Celsius scale. > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > -- The temperature of the aqueous content of an unremittingly ogled culinary vessel will not achieve 100 degrees on the Celsius scale. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
