Re: Can I initialize expired tapes using STRMNTBRM?

[Evan Harris <auctionitis@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Steve

I believe you can do it if you want to; we set it up to do that for similar
reasons, but take into account the de-dup comments made in other responses.

Per the document below: "In releases IBM i 7.2 and later, the media class
contains the Initialize media on expiration field which can be used to
indicate whether to initialize media when it expires"

https://helpsystemswiki.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IWT/pages/165642394/Option+to+Initialize+Expired+Media+when+Maintenance+STRMNTBRM+is+Run


On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 2:56 AM Steve McKay <samckay1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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