Shimon, Does you z/VM 5.2 guest have "STDEVOPT LIBRARY CTL" in its directory entry? Even though DFSMS is not running yet, you may still need it to access and use the VTS devices on the guest?
JR JR (Steven) Imler CA Senior Software Engineer Tel: +1 703 708 3479 Fax: +1 703 708 3267 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shimon Lebowitz Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 02:30 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Sharing unassigned tape Hi, I am starting to set up z/VM 5.2, and I got to the step that says to take a backup of NSS files. Since our tapes are VTS, and the 5.2 system does not yet have DFSMS set up, I figured I could mount a tape on a VTS drive in my 4.4 system, using the NOASSIGN option of DFSMSRM MOUNT, and then use it in 5.2 After mounting the tape in 4.4, I see this: TAPE 0A10 ATTACHED TO XMSL 0181 R/W NOASSIGN Then I go to the 5.2 system, and simply attach it: Q A10 TAPE 0A10 FREE ATT A10 * 181 NOASSIGN TAPE 0A10 ATTACHED TO MAINT 0181 Q A10 TAPE 0A10 ATTACHED TO MAINT 0181 R/W NOASSIGN The problem is... it won't work. :-( rew 181 HCPDPB899I REWIND NOT PERFORMED READY(00899); T=0.01/0.01 16:25:20 tape dvol1 DMSP2C110S ERROR READING TAP1(181) READY(00100); T=0.01/0.01 16:25:28 If the drive is not assigned elsewhere, and there is a tape mounted on it, why can't 5.2 use it? And yes, it does still work in 4.4: REW 181 REWIND COMPLETE READY; T=0.01/0.01 20:27:00 TAPE DVOL1 VOL1V50250 READY; T=0.01/0.01 20:27:04 (I have not yet set timezones in 5.2, so the hour is wrong there). Thanks, Shimon -- ********************************************************************** ** Shimon Lebowitz mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] VM System Programmer . Israel Police National HQ. http://www.poboxes.com/shimonpgp Jerusalem, Israel phone: +972 2 530-9877 fax: 530-9308 ********************************************************************** **
