Shimon, Is the 5.2 system a guest of 4.4 (not sure from your post)? If so, I would DFSMSRM MOUNT the tape to the guest userid and on 5.2 system just ATTACH the tape drive to MAINT at 181 and use the virtual cartridge. Skip the NOASSIGN stuff.
-------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including any attachments, may be confidential, privileged or otherwise legally protected. It is intended only for the addressee. If you received this e-mail in error or from someone who was not authorized to send it to you, do not disseminate, copy or otherwise use this e-mail or its attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete the e-mail from your system. -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shimon Lebowitz Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 2:30 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 ********************************************************************** **
