Re: BRMS no media in tape library error

On 08-Jun-2015 06:49 -0600, Jeff Crosby wrote:

Before leaving home for work in the morning, I check email to insure
the IBM i backup completed. This morning I did not have that email so
I VPN'ed to the console to check it out. The backup was waiting on
this message in QSYSOPR to be answered:

<<SNIP msg BRM148A details>>

As you can see I responded with C. This was on SAVSYS, the first save
in the control group. i expected to get several more as the next
steps in the control group would attempt various saves. To my
surprise though, the saves dutifully backed up to the tape that was
installed. Everything is on the tape except, obviously, the SAVSYS.

The tape was expired prior to this. The control group hasn't changed
in years. Why would it say there's no tape available and the very
next step run just fine? What am I missing?

FWiW, there is the following TechNote document:

<http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1010593>
Subject: Common Reasons Why Message BRM148A is Logged
Reference #: N1010593 Historical Number: 657369497
"...
_Resolving the problem_

This document provides a list of the common causes for receiving message BRM148A - No media of class &1 is available at location &3. (C G).

Here are some common causes and resolutions for message BRM148A being logged:
...

If you are still unable to determine the root cause of BRM148A after going through this list, collect the joblog and BRMS flight recorders (/tmp/brms/flightrec and /tmp/brms/flightrec.bku), and contact IBM Support."