Re: DSPTAPCTG, tape library, and write protect tab

[Roberto José Etcheverry Romero <yggdrasil.raiker@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rob,

are you saying that instead of having IBM i query the library via it's
interface (FC or SAS) you could just query it via the web interface?
I can tell that nowadays it wouldn't work, at least on some libraries,
TS2900 for example uses a non-text based interface, it's a very nice java
app where you drag and drop tapes to move them...
But you would not be the only one that would like to have an ssh shell on
the library to control it or at least query it.

Roberto

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 10:53 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Think outside the box.  If the tape device is a media library why not
> consume a webservice?  Sure there are hurdles to overcome, like just
> determining the host name from the device name, user id and password, etc.
>  However, it's not like we're trying to create chips with 9 nanometer
> carbon threads.
>
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> From:   "Jim Oberholtzer" <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Your comparing two incomparable interfaces again.  A tape library vs. IBM
> i?
> Really?
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> <snip>
> Now if you used the Navigator interface to look at the tapes inside BRMS
> then I think you'll see a comparable time against 5250.
> </snip>
>
> Leave it up to the web developers from Navigator to figure out a way to
> create a much slower interface.
>
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