Re: Help with Virtual Tape Save

[Jim Essinger <dilbernator@xxxxxxxxx>]

William

When I do similar (optical volumes not tapes) I do the following;

AddImgClge  --(add an image to the catalog  I have to load 3 images to hold
the save)
Lodiimgclg  dev(optvrt01)   --(connect the catalog with a virtual device)
Lodimgclge IMGCLGIDX(*FIRST) --(mount the first image )
Inzopt (format the virtual image)
LodImgClgE IMGCLGIDX(*NEXT) --(2nd image)
InzOpt
LodImgClgE IMGCLGIDX(*NEXT) --(3rd image)
InzOpt
LodImgClgE IMGCLGIDX(*FIRST) -- (makes the first image ready again)

Save command

If you overflow the size of the image for tape or opitcal, you will get a
similar message to what you have described.

HTH

Jim
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Willie J. Moore <WJMoore@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I have created a virtual tape on our Iseries for nightly saves.
> When I run the following command, I get an error.
>
>  "SAVLIB LIB(WJMWORK) DEV(TAPVRT01) "
>  Device TAPVRT01 was not ready or next volume was not loaded.  (C R)
>
> This is how I added the new image catalog entry:
> ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(TAPVRTSAVE) FROMFILE(*new) TOFILE(vol001)
> IMGSIZ(10000) TEXT('Add Image Catalog Entry') ALCSTG(*IMGSIZ)
> VOLNAM(VOL001) VOLTYP(*SL)
>  DENSITY(*VRT256K)
>
> Image catalog entry added to image catalog TAPVRTSAVE.
>
> I have made sure that tapvrt01 is varied on.
>
> Any suggestion on what I might have done wrong or ideal would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> William Moore
> California Fine Wire
> 805-489-5144
> wjmoore@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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