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Re: Power7, VIOS, SAS attached tape library

At minimum you need Media and Storage extension to get access to the library. Then BRMS can mange the tape library for you

You can write your own controls into MSE but those are a little tedious.

Yes it can be done


Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects

On Oct 15, 2024, at 4:05 AM, Patrik Schindler <poc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello,

I've been tasked to find out if a HP physical tape library being attached through a SAS HBA to a Power 7 machine running VIOS and IBM i 7.3 can be used in a meaningful way with just "stock" commands (sav*, rst*), *without* BRMS.

I'm not aware of "native" IBM i commands to control a tape changer, analog to mtx on Linux. Do I miss something or is BRMS mandatory to steer media changers from within IBM i?

Thanks!

:wq! PoC

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