Re: Identifying Tape Source

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Two options:
a.  DSPTAP DEV(TAP01) SEQNBR(*FIRST *ONLY) DATA(*LABELS) OUTPUT(*OUTFILE) 
OUTFILE(QGPL/ZDSPTAPL)

read the file for the 1 record
System   System        Record Device
name     date/time     Type   name
S10156DA 1080522222251 1      TAP01

b.  Every daily (or what ever schedule) save do a rtvobjd of a know object, 
get the last "save" parameters, and write to a file something like
system, date, time, savcmd,savvol - just know this file is not updated till 
after save done so latest updated record not in file if on the tape.
RTVOBJD OBJ(BNCFIL/PROF) OBJTYPE(*FILE) SAVCMD(&SAVCMD) SAVVOL(&SAVVOL) 
SAVDEV(&SAVDEV) SAVF(&SAVF) SAVFLIB(&SAVFLIB) Since this a DR procedure, you 
may want to immediately print for a log book, email or something so that if 
disk/system crash you have most updated records of your tape volume history.

btw - we do enforce that volume id of tape equals the barcode label on the 
tape (ultrium 3 cartridge) and the volume id equals the yy first init plus a 
sequence - like 080020.
Does this fit what you need? I have only recently done my first BRMS setup 
with a tape library, and it has been a real education. No real DR plan, need 
is recognized, but not scheduled.
Jim Franz



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "PaulMmn" <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 8:53 PM
Subject: Identifying Tape Source


> I'm working on a procedure to streamline loading our libraries on a
> disaster recovery system.
>
> I'm trying to determine which of our computers wrote which backup
> tapes.  I've poked at the VOL and HDR1/HDR2 labels, but so far the
> only label that contains the name of the system is the sticky label
> on the outside of the cartridge.
>
> Have I missed anything?
>
> --Paul E Musselman
> PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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