Re: BRMS sharing 1 tape between 2 systems

[Jack Kingsley <iseriesflorida@xxxxxxxxx>]

Some of the write up pertains to what your problem might be quite possibly,
maybe it is communications issue between the lpars.

http://www-912.ibm.com/n_dir/NAS4APAR.NSF/b6c9b771e38b5ea2862564c00079d110/02c4820ad5d25d1886256c7300426ab3?OpenDocument




On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 2:49 AM, Evan Harris <auctionitis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm working on a site running V7R1 TR6 that uses BRMS to manage their
> backups. BRMS networking is set up and active and media can be seen between
> systems,
>
> They have a scenario where they want to backup 2 guest partitions to a
> single tape. They only have standalone tape drives available, no tape
> library.
>
> - The drive is available on the second system
> - The media class is set to SHARE YES.
> - The backup control group specifies APPEND *YES
>
> Backups fails with message BRM1518 Volume xxx cannot be used on this
> system.
>
> Second level text provides additional information that "media management
> indicates that the volume is not to be shared between systems" and provides
> details of the back on the first partition.
>
> Is it actually possible to do what the customer wants to do ?
>
> Is the "sharing" that BRMS does between systems limited to sharing common
> media and tracking, but backups to be appended to a tape must be appended
> to a tape already used by the same system ?
>
> I can understand why this might be so, but would like to confirm one way or
> another. Any references to manuals or documentation would be appreciated.
>
> --
>
> Regards
> Evan Harris
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