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Tape library resource status tool

  

Do you ever want to find out who is using a resource in a tape library that you need?

PTFs SI24433 for V5R4, SI24427 for V5R3 and SI24426 for V5r2 include a helpful tool for customers with the advanced BRMS feature. This is included in the base code V6R1 and above.

This tool will produce a report that displays the users of the resources in a tape library for all systems in a BRMS network that share that library.

To find the tape library resource status for a specific system, issue the following command:

QSYS/CALL QBRM/Q1AOLD PARM('DEVUSESTS ' 'SYSTEM1 SYSTEM2')

Note that the second parameter can specify multiple systems, restricted only by the parameter length of 200 characters.

To find the tape library resource status for all systems in the BRMS network issue the following command:

 QSYS/CALL QBRM/Q1AOLD PARM('DEVUSESTS ' '*NETGRP')

Both of the commands will generate an output file, QTEMP/DEVICELOG, and a printer report, QP1ADEVUSE.

Notes:
  1. In order to get status from a particular system, that system must have the appropriate PTF applied and must be in the BRMS network.
  2. All characters in the PARM field need to be in capitals (CAPs)