How much tape left? Part 2

[D.BALE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

O.K., I can tell my original post was met with blank stares <g>.

Perhaps the better question would be:  Can anyone tell me *definitively* what
messages I should monitor for on SAVLIB *NONSYS (or *ALLUSR), SAVDLO, and SAV
OBJ(('/*') ('/QSYS.LIB' *OMIT) ('/QDLS' *OMIT)), specifically as it relates to
messages about loading the next tape.  (I would look up the messages myself,
but the softcopy I have is for V4R4, which no longer has "messages that can be
monitored", since V4R4 has that info in the command help, but I'm developing
this for a V3R7 box, which doesn't have this in the command help.  sheesh.)

I need to ensure that the backup job completes normally with *any* error so
that I don't get phone calls at 3 a.m. 'cuz the subsystems didn't all come
back up.  I would interrogate the job logs each day until I feel I've got a
handle on it.

FYI, the backup runs from the job scheduler and, as such, runs in an
UNrestricted state from batch.

Or maybe I can get really greedy and ask if anyone out there has a backup app
that monitors for messages and acts on them appropriately and would be willing
to share it with me???

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

-------------------------- Original Message --------------------------
Is there a way to tell, programmatically, how much tape is left after the last
saved object on the tape?

Specifically, I would like to know if I've got room left to save more than
what we're currently saving to tape.

Currently, we are saving only a specified list of user libraries and are not
using SAVDLO or SAV because, I'm told, we're not really using anything there
that we can't afford to lose.  I'm unsure as to the wisdom of that statement.
We _do_ (supposedly) have a current SAVSYS for each of our boxes; our nightly
backup includes a SAVSECDTA and RTVCFGSRC.

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