Re: Power7, VIOS, SAS attached tape library

Yes MS&E are required for BRMS but not for media library operations without
it.
IDK if you know of any systems without MS&E but I don't think they'll have
any problems with commands like
SETTAPCGY, RMVTAPCTG and other *CGY, *CTG commands on GO CMDTAP
See also WRKMLBSTS, option 9.

On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 8:30 AM Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Maybe I’m wrong but MS&E were required for BRMS, at least the configurator
(econfig) always requires it when submitting orders.

The exit point is what BRMS uses to mange moving tapes etc.


Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects

On Oct 15, 2024, at 7:00 AM, Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

I don't believe we loaded Media and Storage Extensions prior to us

getting

BRMS.

On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 7:50 AM Jim Oberholtzer <

midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

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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