Re: Moving Tape drive between partitions on old 520 -- MIDRANGE-L

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Do you know if it uses an HMC script to do the moves? I confess ignorance on that technique but if that is all there is then of course I would appreciate your links, source, etc.

Best Regards,

Thomas Garvey

On 3/31/2021 1:19 PM, Jerry Draper wrote:

There is example we got from IBM which we use daily on a 9406-525 that moves a tape drive (library) from one partition to another.

Not sure if the tape device is the only resource on that IOP.

Let me know if you want the source.

Jerry

On 3/31/2021 10:37 AM, Thomas Garvey wrote:

Hi,

I have an old Power5 model 520 that has a single tape drive, and two partitions.
I need to move the tape device from the first partition to the second, in order to do a system save to tape. (I'd love to use Virtual Tape on the second partition but it's a v5r3 partition and virtual tape wasn't supported until v5r4).
I can't remember how I did it before (some years ago) and can't find how to do it now. I do have the tape I did the last system save on so I know I did it somehow.
I think I have to remove the device from the first partition and add it to the second but I also have a recollection that I have to move the IOP it's attached to.
But the IOP it's attached to has everything on it, including all the disk drives. So, I can't move the IOP without crashing the first partition.

This box is used for development so shutting it down and reconfigures are OK.

Any direction suggestion?

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