Re: Which 3570 slot

[Evan Harris <spanner@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dennis

the slot number can be fairly unpredictable depending on how the tape is 
used; knowing the slot numbers will not necessarily tell you what order the 
tapes were used in - unless you have taken some action to make it more 
predictable.

You may be able to work out the order the tapes were used via a combination 
of the job log and the save printouts if you have them. I seem to remember 
that the job log for a backup sends a message when it changes to a new tape 
that has the vol id.

My strategy for the 3570 was to re-sequence the drive before loading tapes 
and then use ENDOPT(*UNLOAD) as part of the save command. This ensured that 
tapes were used from right to left and I could see which tapes were used.

If the save ended abnormally I always checked the next tape in the sequence 
as well as it does not always get ejected depending on how the job ended.

Hope this helps
Regards
Evan Harris

> My backup failed over the weekend & as I was displaying all the tapes to see
> what I really did have, I began to wonder how I could tell from the listing
> (DATA(*LABELS)) which slot the listing is for????  The only thing I could
> see was to look at the time printed & put them in order that way.  I also
> did a DATA(*SAVRST) and it did not have a slot number listed on the listing.
>
> Is there any thing that would tell me which slot the DSPTAP came from?
>
> Thanks - Dennis.