On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 07:59:03 -0500, Tony Thigpen <[email protected]> wrote:
>In an OS/390 2.10 system. where is the esoteric 3590-1 defined? Can it >be overridden? > >We are trying to migrate an old OS/390 system and the first stage is to >migrate the tape usage to a VTL. The VTL looks like 3590-128trk while >the old 3590s are 3590-256trak. > >The problem is that when an input request for old tapes appear, the >system is asking for the real 3590-256track tape to be mounted on the >VTL drives (defined as 3590-128track). RMM is the tape manager. We think >the system defined 3590-1 esoteric is the problem, but it does not >settable in the HCD on that version of OS/390. > Don't have access yo an OS/390 system (HCD), but are you sure you are going into the right optionns in HCD? 1. Go to Option 1 "Operating System Configuration" 2. Select the OS Config applicable 3. Select sub option 5 "Work with EDTs" 4. Select the EDT and it shuld then display one or more estoreics 5. Select appropriate esoteric and follow the bouncing ball ...... I don' think these particular HCD options have changed over the various releases of OS/390 or z/OS.... Roger ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
