Re: InzTap failing

[Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jerry,
*ULTRIUM5 is simply not supported as an option at current releases of IBM
i.  The Knowledge Center is way behind on this and I dinged IBM to update
that for current options.
Now, *CTGTYPE or *DEVTYPE may work around that.  I wonder if you "think"
you were previously specifying *ULTRIUM5 and are just stressed out over
your outage.

I am using a DD6900 VTL.  I have multiple options for tape emulation and I
tend to pick densities on the higher spectrum of the current release.  This
way I won't have to convert when upgrading to a newer release.

That being said, let me add these:
- I am using BRMS.
- I never use *PERM.  Instead I use expiration dates controlled by 2 BRMS
control groups.  Quarterly saves are retained for just over a year and
daily saves are retained for just a few weeks.
- I never use INZTAP on an existing tape.  When all tape files on that
volume expire, BRMS knows to write over.
- We got rid of our physical tape library years ago and I've not touched a
physical tape here in a LONG time.
- I have done bare metal restores to new systems from our VTL, using the
BRMS recovery reports.


On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM (WalzCraft) Jerry Forss <
JForss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ok, this makes NO sense.
>
> Yesterday the system went down hard.
> An outside company was going to do a fire alarm testing and threw the
> wrong breaker and brought down the data center!!!
> WTH?!?!?!
>
> Networks, IBMi, phones, UPS.  Everything.
>
> We use a VTL for out nightly backups.
> Part of the backup does a INZTAP and has *ULTRIUM5 in Density as that is
> what we had and still have as needed for a physical tape.
>
> The INZTAP failed last night saying it is an invalid density. NOTHING has
> changed.
>
> Why in the H....eck would this fail now?
>
> When I do an INZTAP and put ? in the Density, *ULTRIUM5 is not listed.
>
> We are at 7.4 and IPL the box every 4 weeks. Last IPL was 2 weeks ago,
> except for yesterday's debacle.
>
>
>
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