Remove Physical Volumes that are not being used in the TMC.

Products

• CA 1 Flexible Storage

Issue/Introduction

1st Question:

Around 800 tapes are no longer needed and are intended to be physically removed from the TMC and then either discarded or destroyed.  This system is using  VTS 99% of the time and would like to  convert tape jobs that are left to virtual tape. What needs to be done to remove the Volumes?

 

2nd Question:

Is an update to the member TMOSCR00 in the *.CTAPOPTN(TMOSCR00) needed to change the volume range or can it be left  as is once we remove the volumes? 

Resolution

1st Question Answer:
Before you use the steps below, please verify the tapes are in scratch status. They are required to be in scratch status to proceed forward. 

If they are in scratch status, you will use the utilities below. 

1. Run the TMSDELET utility and put the ranges in delete status. The control statement example is below:

DEL XXXXXX-XXXXXX

Please read the TMSDELET documentation in the UTILITIES GUIDE. The entire process will be explained step by step on how to get the tapes in to DELETE status. 

2. Run The TMSXTEND utility with a control statement for each range you want to remove. An example of the control statement is below:

REMVOL XXXXXX-XXXXXX

Please read the TMSXTEND documentation in the UTILITIES GUIDE.. The entire process will be explained step by step on how to remove the volumes you no longer want to use.

 

2nd Question Answer:

The member is there for defining scratch pools for different ranges and DSN's. Since the ranges are deleted then remove those definitions and restart TMSINIT.