Re: Tape Management Exit Program

["Simon Coulter" <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Howard,

As the information you supplied states, you need to read the Chapter on Backup 
and Recovery APIs in the 
System API Manual (SPIR).  

Create a program (language of choice) that accepts the four parameters 
described in the SPIR.  Add this 
program to the registration exit point described --QIBM_QTA_TAPE_TMS -- use the 
WRKREGINF (? hey, it's 1:00 
am here, give me a break!) command for this.  The primary intent of this API is 
for tape library programs to 
log SAV/RST information.  You will need to play with it a bit to see if you can 
get control when you need to.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.

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> Date: Thu, 31 Dec 98 13:14:25 -0500
> From: "Weatherly, Howard" <hweatherly@dlsc.dla.mil>
> To: "'Midrange-L'" <midrange-l@midrange.com>
> Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Tape Management Exit Program

> 
> 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
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>  © 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.
> 
>  
>  
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________
> ___
> Howard Weatherly
> 
> hweatherly@dlis.dla.mil
> howard.weatherly@ctg.com
> hweath@ibm.net

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