RE: InzTap failing -- MIDRANGE-L

I have a 7.4 system.

F4 or ? shows the list of densities and *ULTRIUM5 is in the list.

Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . : CHARACTER
Tape density . . . . . . . . . . *DEVTYPE

*DEVTYPE *FMT3570
*CTGTYPE *FMT3570E
*QIC120 *FMT3590
10000 1600
*QIC525 3200
16000 6250
*QIC1000 *FMT2GB
*QIC2GB 43200
*QIC3040 *FMT5GB
*QIC5010 *FMT7GB
*FMT3480 *VRT32K
38000 *VRT64K
*FMT3490E *VRT240K
*VRT256K
*ULTRIUM5 <<<<===========================
*ULTRIUM6

Don Brown

Senior Consultant

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-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Rob
Berendt
Sent: Wednesday, 12 March 2025 2:12 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: InzTap failing

Troy,
Getting back to the OP's situation. Focusing on Jerry's question. Ok?
Let's stick with that.
Jerry is saying that when he prompts INZTAP, on his 7.4 system, that
*ULTRIUM5 is not a valid option for the DENSITY parameter. At this time,
the command doesn't know the device type, what kind of VTL you have, etc.
So, whether or not he is on a local or cloud system, has a local VTL or a
cloud VTL, or even has a VTL or a physical library do not matter.
*ULTRIUM5 still isn't a valid option for the DENSITY parameter.
CPD0084: '*ULTRIUM5 ' not valid for parameter DENSITY.

Which is odd, since is *QIC120 really still an option at 7.4?

Where can one find the valid combinations?
Where can one see that *ULTRIUM5 is not supported? I know there's a place
which used to show this, and this is why I changed my density some time
ago but I'll be danged if I can find it anymore.

[2]https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-i-removable-media-tape-and-tape-library-devices

On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM Troy Foster via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Because they changed the tape library device description(s) when they
> changed the VTL.
> They had to delete and recreate all of the device descriptions.
> We are using BRMS. It was done when we went to the cloud.
> We never changed the way that we were doing backups.
> Did it 2 years ago.
>
>
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> Troy,
> What kind of VTL you have has zero effect on what the options are on
> F4 or ? to prompt for the DENSITY parameter. Try leaving the device
> blank on INZTAP and hitting F4 on the DENSITY parameter.
>
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM Troy Foster via MIDRANGE-L <
> midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > That happened to our system.
> > We have our system in the cloud and the company that is hosting our
> > system moved the VTL to new VTL and didn't check the actual setting
> > on
> our system.
> > They set it to *ultrium7.
> > They did a read not a INZTAP, you can read back 2 levels but can not
> > write
> > 2 levels. They also did not notify us of the change.
> > I would check with whoever set up the VTL.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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