Tape Management Exit Program

["Weatherly, Howard" <hweatherly@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am not sure I know what to ask for here so I will just explain what
I need to do.

I need to create an exit program to intercept information from tape
opens and closes.

In INFOSEEKER I found the following, but I believe I'm too brain dead
to figure out how to implement the exit program. I also found some
vague references to registration of exit programs, but no samples....
And what I found in the System API Programming book was of no help.

Has anyone implemented any exit programs that could shed some light on
this "why would anyone want to that?" topic? The specific need is for
a Tape Management System.

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 AS/400 Advanced Series: Tape and Diskette Device Programming

 © Copyright IBM Corp. 1997


  2.8  Tape Management Systems (TMS)


    Media and Storage Extensions (MSE) optional feature of OS/400
allows a      
    user to write a tape management system, or purchase a tape
management       
    application from a provider. OS/400 recommends a product called
Backup      
    Recovery Media Services (BRMS/400). A tape management system is
provided    
    with exits through normal OS/400 tape processing. These exits
allow a tape  
    management system the ability to track tape volumes, protect tape
volumes,  
    provide scratch media, and an abundance of other features.
Applications     
    such as BRMS/400 can be purchased. The users can also use simple
tape       
    management systems to take advantage of one or many features
provided       
    through the MSE option. See the Tape Management Exit Program in
the System  
    API Programming for more information.

 
 

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Howard Weatherly

hweatherly@dlis.dla.mil
howard.weatherly@ctg.com
hweath@ibm.net

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