Thanks Mike
Follow up question.
In IDCAMS it states that readcompat should only be set for private
volumes.
Is there any harm in setting it for scratch volumes too?
It would make the transition easier because we wouldn't have to extract
just the private volumes to alter.
SPECIALATTRIBUTE{READCOMPATIBLE|NONE}
Shows special attributes of the tape volume.
Use this parameter only for private tape volumes.
Scratch tape volumes default to NONE.
READCOMPATIBLE On subsequent allocations, read compatible devices for
allocation of this tape volume are used.
NONE There are no special tape attributes.
Thanks
Ken
-----Original Message-----
Mike Wood
Ken, Yes. see http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-
bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/dgt2j110/1.1.10.1?
SHELF=EZ2ZBK0G.bks&DT=20080520122739
Mike Wood RMM Development
On Thu, 28 May 2009 12:29:46 -0400, Ken Porowski <ken.porow...@cit.com>
wrote:
>We are about to upgrade our ATL (3494) tape drives from 3592-J1A and
>3592-E05 (aka TS1120) to 3592-E06 and 3592-EU6 (aka TS1130). These are
>the only 3592 drives in the ATL and all are on the same controller.
>
>The TS1130's can only READ EFMT1 but can R/W EFMT2/3.
>All of our existing 3592 carts are EFMT1.
>
>From what I can tell (from RTFM) I need to set the READCOMPATIBLE
>attribute for every 3592 volume I have if I expect the TS1130's to be
>considered for the mount of an EFMT1 tape (otherwise the mount will
>fail because of no eligible devices).
>
>Can anyone confirm/deny that I need to do this.
>
>Thanks all.
>
>Ken Porowski
>AVP Systems Software
>CIT Group
>E: ken.porow...@cit.com
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