Rex - Good, only 100 volumes is easily manageable. I really can't answer to RMM as we use CA-1 where an IDCAMS operation doesn't matter. I agree that it would be prudent to test with 1 volume first. The delete for your library entry would be a DELETE LIBENT. The doc is all in the AMS manual.
Frank. =========================================================================== -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex R. Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 12:51 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: manual tape library question Frank, This is exactly what I'm looking for. The library that doesn't exist anymore only had 100 tapes in it. I need to remove the tapes and library from OAM and from the TCDB. I will need to leave the non-scratches in RMM because some of them have long retentions and I just need to keep track of the tapes themselves. If we ever need to actually get anything off the physical tapes, we will be contracting with a third party. I will try the IDCAMS DELETE VOLENT command against 1 of the scratch tapes to make sure it remains in RMM but gets removed from the TCDB before taking all of them out. My biggest concern was that there was something else that I might mess up by simply deleting them from the TCDB. I already have the SMS ACS routines modified to remove the library allocations from the system. Thanks so much. Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Bonaduce, Frank Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 11:29 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: manual tape library question Rex - When you say 'remove the tapes' what is it you are attempting to do exactly. Is there a TMS consideration of any kind or are all these old volumes disposable ? If they are, you can build a volume list to use as input to IDCAMS DELETE VOLENT to remove them from the TCDB. The library does not have to be available to do this and you can use the same approach to remove the LIBRARY entry. If they were under SMStape control, you may need to modify logic in your SMS ACS routines as well. Frank. ====================================================================================== -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex R. Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 12:17 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: manual tape library question Thanks for the response, but unfortunately that won't work. The VOLCAT actually has 2 MTLs in it, one that is active and the one I can't get rid of. Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Neubert, Kevin Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 11:12 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: manual tape library question Don't have experience with an MTL, but regularly EXPORT DISCONNECT the TCDB (i.e., SYS1.VOLCAT.VGENERAL, etc.) when moving from systems with an ATL to no ATL. Regards, Kevin -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex R. Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 8:28 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: manual tape library question All, We just moved our mainframe to an LPAR on a different mainframe with completely different hardware. As part of the migration, I had to build a second manual tape library with different characteristics than the one I was using locally. My "old" library did not make the trip and now I need to remove the tapes and library from the configuration at the new site. My question is how do I remove the tapes from the now non-existent tape library? When I try to do a "library eject" command, I get an error saying the library cannot eject the tape: IEFC165I // LI E,100097,P 462 CBR1202I EJECT rejected. Library F1256 cannot eject volume 100095. LI E,100097,P CBR1920I E not scheduled. Command scheduling error. The response of CBR1202I is to bring the library back online and try again. I can't do that because the library doesn't exist. I can't move the tapes out of the MTL that doesn't exist either. A last-ditch thought is to delete the entries out of the OAM tape catalog. Thoughts? Suggestions? Thanks. Rex BTW, does anybody want to buy a z9-bc or a ts3400 tape library? :-) The information contained in this e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited and that you will be held responsible for any such unauthorized activity, including liability for any resulting damages. As appropriate, such incident(s) may also be reported to law enforcement. If you received this e-mail in error, please reply to sender and destroy or delete the message and any attachments. 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