RE: proper order for loading tapes to iSeries/BRMS

Were they associated with the device? I have a program which runs at 5pm
every that inventories the tape drive (we have one with a barcode
reader) and moves the tapes to the correct LPAR and location (TAPMLB04
in our case).

The REXX program runs "wrkmlmbrm mlb(tapmlb04) output(*print)", reads
the spool, and performs "addmlmbrm mlb(tapmlb04) vol(volid) inz(*no)
addvol(*no) medcls(FMTULTRIUM)" and "chgmedbrm vol(volid)
sysname(thislpar)" for the volumes listed on the report.

The last bit is because we have two LPARS.

Does anyone if there is an API analogue for wrkmlmbrm? A quick search
says Q1ARTVMED is probably the right fit, but we did the spooled file
read to "get'r'done". Noted a spooled file change between v5r2 and v5r4.

HTH,
Loyd

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry Draper
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 11:40 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: proper order for loading tapes to iSeries/BRMS

Ugh! The 2am cell phone text message.

No media of class ULTRIUM4 is available at location TAPMLB02. (C G)

When I look at media with BRMS there are plenty of *YES expired tapes of

class ULTRIUM4.

I remove them and add them back in. Looks exactly the same.

Rerun the BRMS backup group and all is well as it is for the subsequent
nights.

What is the proper way to load tapes to an iSeries/BRMS?

Jerry