I don't know RMM but some tape management systems have a method of identifying tapes that are not managed even if the volser matches one that is. EXPDT=98000 seems to be popular (based on the number of ISV products that include it in the installation JCL).
-----Original Message----- From: Martin, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 10:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Rmm and BLP All, We have production jobs that read tapes that come from outside our company. Because we cannot predict what the internal tape volsers will be, our production jobs have been setup to use BLP. (the volsers for these tapes may or may not match a volser in our shop) The following DD is an example of how we use BLP for a tape from an outside source... //DOTIN DD DSN=OUTSIDE.TAPE, // VOL=SER=X00123, // DISP=OLD,LABEL=(2,BLP),UNIT=TAPE, // DCB=(RECFM=FB,BLKSIZE=4000,LRECL=50,DEN=3) But when we run this job with rmm active (warning mode), rmm indicates that the tape will be rejected... EDG4048I VOLUME 000123 REJECTED. MOUNTED VOLUME DOES NOT EQUAL REQUESTED VOLUME EDG4004I **WARNING** USE OF 000123 BY ABCR0254, STEP40, INTAPE ONLY PERMITTED BECAUSE DFSMSrmm RUNNING IN WARNING MODE Apparently, the internal volser for the tape happens to match one of our tapes (that rmm has in the CDS). I understand the message and I am looking for a simple solution so that the production jobs do not fail once we cutover to rmm. I am looking for a painless solution. My preference is to avoid making any JCL changes. (also, FYI we are using the supplied EDGUX100) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
