RE: BRMS: Tape densities messed up

Rob,

Did you apply any PTFs that might have changed this.
I'm concerned because one of the new VTLs I'm looking at is based off of ULTRIUM5.

Thanks
Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rob Berendt
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2018 9:01 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: BRMS: Tape densities messed up

I just opened a ticket about an issue with BRMS tape densities as:


BRMS: Density *ULTRIUM5 is no longer valid

WRKCLSBRM shows
Class Density

ARCHIVE4 *ULTRIUM4
ARCHIVE5 *ULTRIUM5
FMTOPTUDF *UDF
REEL 6250
SAVSYS *ULTRIUM2
ULTRIUM1 *ULTRIUM1
ULTRIUM2 *ULTRIUM2
ULTRIUM3 *ULTRIUM3
ULTRIUM4 *ULTRIUM4
ULTRIUM5 *ULTRIUM5
VRTUDF *VRTUDF
...
Try to change one. Use F4 on "Density". Your only options are:
Density
*UDF
*HPOFS
*VRTUDF
*VRTHPOFS

Why is this a problem? Let me explain further.
ADDMLMBRM MLB(USSGVTL) INZ(*YES) MEDCLS(ULTRIUM5) CHECK(*NO)
results in:
Error found on INZTAP command.
then
CPD0084 - '*ULTRIUM5 ' not valid for parameter DENSITY.

From program . . . . . . . . . : Q1ACNZ

From library . . . . . . . . : QBRM
From module . . . . . . . . : Q1ACNZ
From procedure . . . . . . . : Q1ACNZ
From statement . . . . . . . : 755

To program . . . . . . . . . . : Q1ARANZ
To library . . . . . . . . . : QBRM
To module . . . . . . . . . : Q1ARANZ
To procedure . . . . . . . . : Q1ARANZ
To statement . . . . . . . . : 1274

When I prompt INZTAP I get the following possible values for density:
*DEVTYPE *FMT3570
*CTGTYPE *FMT3570E
*QIC120 *FMT3590
10000 1600
*QIC525 3200
16000 6250
*QIC1000 *FMT2GB
*QIC2GB 43200
*QIC3040 *FMT5GB
*QIC5010 *FMT7GB
*FMT3480
38000
*FMT3490E

WRKPTFGRP PTFGRPLVL(*LATEST)
PTF Group Level Status
SF99876 7 Installed
SF99875 15 Installed
SF99867 1 Installed
SF99859 14 Not applicable
SF99731 11 Installed
SF99730 18242 Installed
SF99729 72 Installed
SF99728 36 Installed
SF99727 5 Installed
SF99726 1 Installed
SF99725 10 Installed
SF99724 23 Installed
SF99723 4 Installed
SF99722 16 Installed
SF99703 12 Installed
SF99581 6 Installed
SF99433 4 Related group
SF99333 5 Installed
SF99252 10 Installed
SF99225 6 Installed

See also:
https://tinyurl.com/BRMSforum
or
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/forum?id=80c9a337-eb68-4b0c-9845-56ce7d3543b1&ps=25


Rob Berendt