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<h1 class="topictitle1">Tape library use without a media management application</h1>
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<div><p>While a media management application greatly simplifies and extends
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a tape library's capabilities, you can perform many tape functions in an iSeries™ environment
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with commands included in i5/OS™.</p>
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<p>The following table shows the typical setup and operational tasks and associated
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CL commands for the tape library.</p>
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<p>You need to use these commands if you do not use a media management application
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such as BRMS.</p>
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<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><thead align="left"><tr><th valign="top" width="50%" id="d0e31">Task</th>
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<th valign="top" width="50%" id="d0e33">Command</th>
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</thead>
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<tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Creating a tape library device description</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Auto-configured or use Create Device Description (Media Library) (CRTDEVMLB)</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Displaying RS232/LAN resource/description</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Display Hardware Resources (DSPHDWRSC)</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Configuring the 3494 communication (RS232/LAN/TCP)</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Configure Device Media Library (CFGDEVMLB)</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Display LAN information for 3494 Add LAN Host</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Display LAN Media Library (DSPLANMLB)</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Removing a tape library device description</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Delete Device Description (DLTDEVD)</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Changing the tape library device description</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Change Device Desc (Media Library) (CHGDEVMLB)</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Changing the tape library device attributes for a job</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Change Job MLB Attributes (CHGJOBMLBA) command or Change Job MLB Attributes
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(QTACJMA) API</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Displaying the tape library device attributes for a job</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Display Job (DSPJOB) OPTION(*MLBA) or Work with Job (WRKJOB) OPTION(*MLBA)</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Retrieving the tape library device attributes for a job</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Retrieve Job MLB Attributes (QTARJMA) API</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Display tape library information</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Display Tape Status (DSPTAPSTS)</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Checking the status of the tape library</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Work with Media Library Status (WRKMLBSTS)</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Creating user categories.</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Create Tape Category (CRTTAPCGY)</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Mounting a category</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Set Tape Category (SETTAPCGY) OPTION(*MOUNTED)</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Demounting a category</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Set Tape Category (SETTAPCGY) OPTION(*DEMOUNTED)</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Assigning a mounted category to a different job</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Set Tape Category (SETTAPCGY) OPTION(*ASSIGN)</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Releasing a mounted category from a job</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Set Tape Category (SETTAPCGY) OPTION(*RELEASE)</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Deleting a user category.</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Remove all the cartridges from the category. Use the Delete Tape Category
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(DLTTAPCGY ) command</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Listing all user or system categories</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Display Tape Category (DSPTAPCGY)</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Changing the category for cartridges</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Change Tape Cartridge (CHGTAPCTG) or Work with Tape Cartridges (WRKTAPCTG),
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option 2</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Inserting cartridges</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Add Tape Cartridge (ADDTAPCTG) or Work with Tape Cartridges (WRKTAPCTG),
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option 1</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Ejecting cartridges</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Remove Tape Cartridge (RMVTAPCTG) or Work with Tape Cartridges (WRKTAPCTG),
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option 4</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Mounting cartridges for output or input commands</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Specify the tape library device and cartridge identifier with the commands</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Demounting a cartridge</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Demounting is implicit with ENDOPT(*UNLOAD), a demount of a category,
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or a new mount request</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Working with a list (or subset) of cartridges within a tape library</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Work with Tape Cartridges (WRKTAPCTG)</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Displaying information about a cartridge</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Display Tape Cartridge (DSPTAPCTG) or Work with Tape Cartridges (WRKTAPCTG),
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option 5</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Working with the tape library resource manager queue</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Work with MLB Resource Queue (WRKMLBRSCQ)</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Retrieving the capabilities for a tape library device or resource</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Retrieve Device Capabilities (QTARDCAP) API</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Retrieve the status for a tape library device or resource</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Retrieve Device Status (QTARDSTS) API</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e31 ">Retrieving the information for a tape library</td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e33 ">Retrieve Device Information (QTARDINF) API</td>
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<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> An end-of-tape option of *UNLOAD for any of the tape commands causes
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the cartridge to be returned to a storage cell when the tape operation has
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completed processing. It might not be returned to its original storage cell.
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When using *REWIND the cartridge remains in the drive after the tape operation
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has completed. However, this cartridge is unloaded if another cartridge has
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been requested. When using *LEAVE the cartridge remains in the drive after
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the tape operation has completed.</div>
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<div class="familylinks">
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzam4usetapelib.htm" title="This topic provides usage and management information for tape libraries.">Use tape libraries</a></div>
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<div class="relinfo"><strong>Related information</strong><br />
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<div><a href="../rbam6/rbam6clmain.htm">Control language (CL)</a></div>
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