RE: MessageQ Break-Handling Programs

["Bull, Jeff" <BullJ1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Todd,
        thanks for that . . .  you've provided me with another avenue to
investigate; this problem is (for me) escalating out of all proportion to
it's potential benefit - but I just don't like being beaten, most
particularly by a computer, even if it is an AS/400!  Using a break-handling
program is, I now feel fairly sure a blind-alley; I just can't believe it is
so difficult (impossible ?) to get an AS/400 to auto-initialise tapes (any
tapes, new, old ...) during a save operation and to retain control of
owner-id and vol-id.

        If I get a solution to this, I'll publish it here on Midrange-L .

Have a relaxing week-end Todd, (and y'all)

Jeff B

-----Original Message-----
From: Todd kidwell [mailto:Todd.kidwell@3cc.co.wayne.mi.us]
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 2:30 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: RE: MessageQ Break-Handling Programs


Jeff,

>>>snip >>>
Our present procedure, a manual one, requires the
operator to pre-initialise all the tapes before the backup, 
>>>end snip >>>

In your backup program, can you specify an expiration date on your backup
that will cause the tape to expire on the it will be needed next?  In other
words, if you have a four week rotation, calculate 28 days into the future
and have the tape expire on that day.  Using this method will only require
you to manually initialize new tapes.


Todd Kidwell (Netstar)
AS/400 System Administrator
(313) 224-0578

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