Short answer no. BRMS only initializes a tape when you add it to BRMS
(optionally) or if you INZMEDBRM (which is available as menu options in
several places)
Initializing a tape on a VTL may clear some storage I've not tried on the
VTL, but then most of them only use the amount of storage actually needed
for the save. I don't administer a Data Domain so I cannot check for you
on that point.
You could get a list of expired tapes from BRMS (unfortunately you'll have
to dig it out of the BRMS files since WRKMEDBRM does not have an outfile
option) and run a script to initialize them, or just do it manually.
WRKMEDBRM TYPE(*EXP) will show you the expired tape. Option 10 will then
"reinitialize" the tapes.
Should not be that many to expire each day so manually might be the way to
go.
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Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects
-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Steve
McKay
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2020 9:56 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Can I initialize expired tapes using STRMNTBRM?
All -
We back up to an EMC Data Domain (as a VTL) using BRMS. My director doesn't
want to keep unused data on the Data Domain so he wants to initialize the
expired tapes. I am currently manually initializing every expired tape. Is
there a way to initialize the tapes as STRMNTBRM expires them each day?
Thanks,
Steve McKay
(205) 585-8424
samckay1@xxxxxxxxx
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