We use ZARA so had to supply our own. Depending on what the 'supplied' exits do you may or may not want to modify them. YMMV but it would make sense to understand what they are coded to do or not do.
I forgot about the 30 CIOS option, It wasn't appropriate for our environment when we installed. We were using the bulk station and at one time were ejecting 400-500 tapes a day and a similar number of inserts (about half the usable slots for our 3490's). Not recommended but it worked for us at the time. We are now down to 10-20 after upgrading to 3592's. We used to have trouble with the 3490-F1A's but most of that was due to our dirty/old tapes. Ken Porowski -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 10:57 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] New Tape units Porowski, Ken wrote: > See imbedded comments ... > > -----Original Message----- > Hal Merritt [...] > You will probably want to look at OAM exits CBRUXENT and CBRUXVNL at a > minimum. RMM may supply samples. RMM probably has a process for > autoeject of tapes going offsite (probably an optional piece or RMM > exit) Exits fro RMM are already in base z/OS libraries. RMM code also. IMHO there is no reason to change the exits. [...] > Do you still have stand-alone drives? Mucking around with unlabeled > (i.e. non-barcoded) tapes is a bit of a hassle but does work OK. > What is your volume of inserts/ejects. If fairly large you can > configure an internal 'wall' for bulk eject/insert (60-90 at a time) > instead of using the hole in the door (10 at a time). The hole, CIOS (Convenient I/O Station) can have capacity of 10 or 30 cartridges. It depends on the order. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
