Re: What was the last volume used on a save

[Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, I can see how PRTERRLOG might not care about virtual tapes.  And
in this case I only mean virtual tape image catalog entries.  Not tapes in
a VTL or Virtual Tape Library.  There, the command works fine.  I may have
thought you were talking about that.



On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM Don Brown via MIDRANGE-L <
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>    Rob, I tried this command and while I get entries for the physical tape
>    drive I do not see any entries for the virtual tape.
>
>    I tried using the model for the virtual tape and still received the
>    entries for the physical tape device.
>
>    Would you expect no entries for a virtual tape device ?
>
>    Thanks
>    Don
>
>
>
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>    1 - Change the job to stop putting the joblog to output queue. If you
> want
>    (there is no need) a printed joblog you can always do a DSPJOBLOG
>    OUTPUT(*PRINT) at the end. Printed ones are stone knives and bearskins.
>    Otherwise, if you're into knapping flint, you can try
>    [2]
> https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=services-spooled-file-data-table-function
>    .
>
>    Or, there is this option:
>    PRTERRLOG TYPE(*VOLSTAT)
>    OUTPUT(*OUTFILE)
>    OUTFILE(QTEMP/VOLUMEUSED)
>    VOLTYPE(3580)
>    VOLSTAT(*KEEP)
>    VOLSTATTYP(*SESSION)
>    Specifying 3580 when you're using LTO7 seems nutty but if you have a
>    better alternative I'm all ears.
>
>    Let me see if I have your wording correct. You said "How can I determine
>    what was the last volume used by the save." Are you saving to multiple
>    volumes or did you mean to say "How can I determine the volume used by
> the
>    last save?"?
>
>    On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM Don Brown via MIDRANGE-L <
>    midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>    > System is V7R5
>    >
>    > We are NOT using BRMS
>    >
>    > Running a save with multiple volumes.
>    >
>    > How can I determine what was the last volume used by the save.
>    >
>    > Currently joblogs are on the output queue - NOT in *Pending status.
>    >
>    > I could copy the joblog to a file and parse the file looking for the
>    > last volume name message but I was hoping there may be a better
> option.
>    >
>    > Any suggestions or comments appreciated.
>    >
>    > Thanks
>    > Don
>    >
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