VTS - unlabeled tapes

Mark Steely

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Jan 7, 2010, 3:10:48 PM1/7/10

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I am trying to load several unlabeled tapes into the VTS ( Servpac
Tapes).
I have defined the volumes with IDCAMS:

CREATE VOLUMEENTRY -
(NAME(VM423AA) -
LIBRARYNAME(SWANAT1) -
STORAGEGROUP(SGNTON1) -
MEDIATYPE(MEDIA3) -
RECORDING(384TRACK) -
USEATTRIBUTE(PRIVATE) -
SPECIALATTRIBUTE(READCOMPATIBLE) -
LOCATION(LIBRARY))

When I try to enter the tapes I get the following messages:

CBR3621I ENTER REQUEST IGNORED BY THE CARTRIDGE ENTRY INSTALLATION EXIT
(CBRUXENT).

CBR3620I ENTRY OF VOLUME M423AA INTO LIBRARY SWANAT1 FAILED.

I have done this before but it has been a while. What step am I missing.

We are z/os V1R9 and we use CA-1.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank You

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Jan 7, 2010, 4:24:21 PM1/7/10

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Mark Steely pisze: > I am trying to load several unlabeled tapes into the VTS ( Servpac > Tapes). > I have defined the volumes with IDCAMS: > CREATE VOLUMEENTRY - > (NAME(VM423AA) - > LIBRARYNAME(SWANAT1) - > STORAGEGROUP(SGNTON1) - > MEDIATYPE(MEDIA3) - > RECORDING(384TRACK) - > USEATTRIBUTE(PRIVATE) - > SPECIALATTRIBUTE(READCOMPATIBLE) - > LOCATION(LIBRARY)) > When I try to enter the tapes I get the following messages: > CBR3621I ENTER REQUEST IGNORED BY THE CARTRIDGE ENTRY INSTALLATION EXIT > (CBRUXENT). > CBR3620I ENTRY OF VOLUME M423AA INTO LIBRARY SWANAT1 FAILED. > I have done this before but it has been a while. What step am I missing. > We are z/os V1R9 and we use CA-1. > Any help would be appreciated. I think you didn't try to insert *real SERVERPAC tapes* into *Virtual Tape Server*, did you?. I think you should work with your TMS, that means CA-1, which I don't know. CBRUXENT provides the message about "insert event" to TMS and TMS role is to approve the tape or reject it. Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland BRE Bank SA ul. Senatorska 18 00-950 Warszawa www.brebank.pl d Rejonowy dla m. st. Warszawy XII Wydzia Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru S dowego, nr rejestru przedsi biorc w KRS 0000025237 NIP: 526-021-50-88 ug stanu na dzie 01.01.2009 r. kapita zak adowy BRE Banku SA (w ca ci wp acony) wynosi 118.763.528 z otych. W zwi zku z realizacj warunkowego podwy szenia kapita u zak adowego, na podstawie uchwa y XXI WZ z dnia 16 marca 2008r., oraz uchwa y XVI NWZ z dnia 27 pa dziernika 2008r., mo e ulec podwy szeniu do kwoty 123.763.528 z . Akcje w podwy szonym kapitale zak adowym BRE Banku SA b w ca ci op acone. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to list...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

Linda Mooney

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Jan 7, 2010, 6:47:57 PM1/7/10

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Hi Mark,

I am assuming that you meant ATL/VTS, yes? And the tapes are SL, but have no external barcode label? When loading tapes not defined to the TMC, we always used the "enter foreign tape selection on the ATL panel". Then in JCL, we pull them in with VOL=SER=xxxxxxxx , LABEL=(1,SL,EXPDT=98000). For foreign tapes, we never had to define a volcat entry for them. We also use CA-1. We ran a fair number of non-TMS controlled tape in or ATL for a long time.

HTH,

Linda Mooney

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Subject: VTS - unlabeled tapes

I am trying to load several unlabeled tapes into the VTS ( Servpac
Tapes).
I have defined the volumes with IDCAMS:

  CREATE VOLUMEENTRY -
   (NAME(VM423AA) -
   LIBRARYNAME(SWANAT1) -
   STORAGEGROUP(SGNTON1) -
   MEDIATYPE(MEDIA3) -
   RECORDING(384TRACK) -
   USEATTRIBUTE(PRIVATE) -
   SPECIALATTRIBUTE(READCOMPATIBLE) -
   LOCATION(LIBRARY))

When I try to enter the tapes I get the following messages:

CBR3621I ENTER REQUEST IGNORED BY THE CARTRIDGE ENTRY INSTALLATION EXIT
(CBRUXENT).

CBR3620I ENTRY OF VOLUME M423AA INTO LIBRARY SWANAT1 FAILED.

I have done this before but it has been a while. What step am I missing.

We are z/os V1R9 and we use CA-1.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank You

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Mike Wood

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Jan 11, 2010, 5:43:39 AM1/11/10

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Mark, The messages indicate that the tape was left in the insert category.
Most likely your CBRUXENT entry exit has decided to 'ignore' a tape because
it is not defined in the TMC.

If you want the tape used despite not being defined to TMC, you need to
customize the exit. Alternatively, can you define the tape to your tms?

To use a tape in an IBM system managed library you must have a TCDB volume
entry. You can add that using IDCAMS if the tape is already in the library
and in a suitable category, or you can insert the tape and have the TCDB
entry created during entry processing.

Mike Wood RMM Development