Re: BRMS Control Group ?

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jack,

Here is a sample control group that will do what you asked:


Group . . . . . . . . . . : MYTEST
Default activity  . . . . . *BKUPCY
Text  . . . . . . . . . . . *NONE

Type information, press Enter.

                                 Weekly   Retain Save     SWA
     Backup     List ASP         Activity Object While    Message    Sync
Seq  Items      Type Device      SMTWTFS  Detail Active   Queue      ID

  10 *SAVCFG                     *DFTACT  *NO
  20 *SAVSECDTA                  *DFTACT  *NO
  30 QGPL            *SYSBAS     *DFTACT  *ERR   *NO
  40 *LOAD                       *DFTACT

The last statement will cause BRMS to load a new volume.  I rarely see 
this in BRMS but it is used, usually to cause a duplicate tape to be 
created.

As to the media management.  Assuming you have all the tapes loaded into 
BRMS when you put a tape into the library, the category will start out 
as *INSERTED.  Change the category to *SHARE400 and your good to go.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 1/18/2012 12:35 PM, Jack Kingsley wrote:
> I am looking to create a simple control group to test against each night to
> gain a better understanding of the software, then submit with the
> scheduler.  Does anyone have a simple example of a control group that would
> savcfg, savsecdata, then backup QGPL library.  ONce I write this
> information to the tape volume will I need to do a demount, then add a new
> volume *SHARE400?? Or can the tape mount, init, write, unload, mount next
> tape be automated within BRMS.
> --