Verify tape pools can be defined
Follow the steps below to verify that tape pools can be defined.
- Log on to a user ID authorized to issue the Tape Manager POOLDEF command. In this example, it's best if you issue the command from a user with administrator authority.
- Define a new tape pool. In this example, the pool corresponds
to a tape pool normally defined for use by Backup and Restore Manager
for z/VM:
TAPCMD POOLDEF BKRADMIN BKRPOOL MEDIA media RETNMAX days FREEPOOL SYS
In this command,- The owner of the pool will be BKRADMIN.
- The pool name will be BKRPOOL.
- The media must match a media type from the Define_Media statement in the Tape Manager configuration file.
- The days variable indicates the maximum number of days in the retention period.
- The FREEPOOL SYS indicates that the new tape pool will use the system free pool to find scratch tapes.
- Verify that the new tape pool was successfully created by issuing
the command:
Refer to the POOLQRY command in the IBM Tape Manager for z/VM User's Guide for more information on the POOLQRY command.TAPCMD POOLQRY POOL * * LONG