Re: Can I initialize expired tapes using STRMNTBRM?

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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