RE: command to check if write protect is set for loaded tape?

Are you verifying the volume is correct?  I'd worry that someone didn't
rotate the tape and you'll wipe it out with an INZTAP.  Is it practical
for the operator to do the INZTAP onsite after mounting the tape?

chris.bipes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 01/29/2007 7:26:47 AM >>>

After the CHKTAP passes, INZTAP using the volume label found in the
CHKTAP.

Christopher Bipes
Information Services Director
CrossCheck, Inc.

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Subject: command to check if write protect is set for loaded tape?

List,

I am trying to set up a job that will execute a library backup of our
test iSeries server using Remote Execution (REXEC) from our VSE
mainframe system.
This iSeries server is planned to be located off-site in the same
location where our off-site backups are stored. The plan is for the
operator to load a scratch tape each time they go there to rotate tapes.
Then later that night, they will execute the job from VSE. I have
similar REXEC jobs that issue commands to the iSeries and wait for the
results. They all work great.

I know that I can issue the CHKTAP DEV(devicename) and if a tape is
loaded, will return the message, "Volume volser found on device
devicename." What I would *really* like to do is to also verify that the
write protect is not set for that tape (this, unfortunately, happens too
often here).

Is there a command that I can issue that will tell me if a tape loaded
on a specific device has the write protect set?

We are on v5r4. TIA