Re: Help with Virtual Tape Save

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Treat a virtual tape volume the exact same way as you would a physical 
volume.

So the answer is both volumes will be controlled by the expiration 
dates.  If they expire, you can use the tape without issues, if not you 
have to expire the tape.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 10/28/2011 4:11 PM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> You really do not HAVE to use INZTAP before reusing it.  If the tape has
> expired you can write over it.  We reserve INZTAP just for new tapes,
> CLEARing those reporting errors as an attempt to salvage them, or CLEARing
> those we are discarding.
>
> Now, with virtual tape I am a little confused.  For example, you may put
> an expiration date on your save for 2 weeks, do your save, and your DUPTAP
> and your physical tape will expire in two weeks.  However, will that hold
> true for your virtual tape?  If so, then you probably do have to INZTAP it
> so that you can save it the next night (also with a two week expiration).
>
>
> Rob Berendt
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