CA View - Correct the Tape Sequencing for SARPAC Processing

Products

• Deliver
• View

Issue/Introduction

We had so many tapes that they wrapped and now the newest tapes are about half way through the total tape sequence, so when you run a SARPAC it is not consolidating the oldest tapes as it should be.

Is there a way to get our tapes back in sequence, so we can start running our regular tape consolidation jobs?

Environment

Release : 12.2

Component : CA View

Resolution

Had the client run a SARPAC REPORT, to see the list of currently-used tapes. 

Provided the client a SARGRW program, that lists tapes by Creation Date. 

From that list, the client was able to determine the oldest tapes, and it was suggested that they run SARPAC TAPESEQ=nnnnn[-nnnnn], to process the oldest tapes to have their data moved to new tapes.