Reassigning cartridges when the system name changes

When the system name is changed, you should reassign cartridges.

If you change your system name, you must move the cartridges from the categories that were owned by the old system name to categories that are owned by the new system name. If you do not do this, the cartridges will not appear in the inventory for the new system name.

For some library types, the cartridges may appear when you use the parameter CGY(*ALL *ALL) for the Work with Tape Cartridges (WRKTAPCTG) or the Display Tape Cartridge (DSPTAPCTG) command, but you will not be able to use the cartridges.

If you have already changed the system name and need to recover the cartridges, perform the following steps:

  1. Type DSPTAPCGY (the Display Tape Category command) to display all of the tape categories. Record the names of the user-defined categories for use in step 3, and then exit.
  2. Temporarily change the system name back to the previous name by using the Change Network Attributes (CHGNETA) command.
    Important: Do not restart the system.
  3. If you were using user-defined categories with the old system name, type CRTTAPCGY (the Create Tape Category command) to create the same user-defined categories from step 1, for the new system name.
  4. Type WRKTAPCTG (the Work with Tape Cartridge command) to work with all of the categories that are associated with the old system name. 
    WRKTAPCTG DEV(mlb-name)
 CGY(*ALL old_system_name)
  5. Change the category system name to the new system name by selecting 2 Change with the parameter CGY(*SAME new_system_name).
  6. Type CHGNETA (Change Network Attributes) to return the system name to the new system name.