Re: SAVDIR not recognizing tape drive

["John Candidi" <jacandidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I like that idea...Thank you very much Jeff
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jeffrey Young 
  To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion 
  Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 4:25 PM
  Subject: Re: SAVDIR not recognizing tape drive


  John,
  You could also create a Symbolic Link to associate the path to your tape 
dirve as TAP03 using the following command :
  ADDLNK OBJ('\qsys.lib\tap03.devd') NEWLNK(tap03)
   
  This is a one time setup, and then you can use TAP03 as the device name on 
all SAV commands.
   
  Sr. Project Manager
  Dynax Solutions, Inc
  IBM e(logo)server Certified Systems Expert - iSeries Technical Solutions V5R2


  John Candidi <jacandidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
  I am trying to do a directory save to a tape drive that we use every night 
(TAP03) and I am receiving this message..Any suggestions?

  Message . . . . : Specified value on DEV parameter not valid. 
  Cause . . . . . : A value specified on the device (DEV) parameter must be a 
  tape, diskette, save file, media library, or optical volume. 
  Recovery . . . : Change the value on the DEV parameter and try the request 
  again. 

  John A Candidi 
  IT Director/AS400 Manager
  Rutgers Insurance Companies
  Phone (856) 779-2274
  Fax (856) 799-0719

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