Re: tape volume ID

["Neil Palmer" <neilp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Correct.  Initialize a tape and don't change it's name.  Then via STRSST - 
Product Activity Log - you can check lifetime statistics by volume id.
You can also use PRTERRLOG *VOLSTAT without going into SST.
If  a tape is replaced you can go into the SST-Product Activity Log and 
delete the statistics for the old volume before you initialize a new tape 
with the same volume id.

...Neil





D.BALE@handleman.com
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2001/02/12 10:50
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I've seen a "standard operating procedure" over the years of initializing
tapes for backup using a new/different volume ID every time a tape is used
(usually the current date value).  Does doing this defeat the ability of 
the
AS/400 to detect bad tapes over a period of time?  "Problem Analysis" is a
term that pops into my head for some reason.  It seems to me that the 
Volume
ID should be set once per tape, and never used again on another tape. Yes? 
No?

As I'm just getting involved in this again for the first time in five 
years,
my memory's still a little shaky on the subject, but I seem to remember
thinking that if INZTAP didn't require a NEWVOL entry everytime you needed 
to
initialize a tape, it would be easier to keep the *SAME volume ID.  Is 
there a
good reason why *SAME is not a valid value for the NEWVOL parameter?

Dan Bale
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952



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