Media Library Media Report (QP1A1MD)

The Media Library Media report lists the volumes that are resident in the MLB. Running the WRKMLMBRM OUTPUT(*PRINT) command produces this report. You may choose to display all media in the MLB, only those volumes that are registered in BRMS or both.

The following should be noted about this report:
  • The Category field indicates the category of the volume in the MLB.
  • *SHARE400 indicates that a IBM® i product can only use the media.
  • *NOSHARE indicates that the media has a value of *YES in the Shared media parameter in its associated media class.
  • *INSERT indicates that the media is in the "insert" mode in the MLB. You must change the media to another category before you can use it in MLB operations.
  • *EJECT indicates that the media is in the "eject" mode in the MLB.
  • *IPL indicates that you can use the media for an alternate IPL.
  • *NL indicates that you can use the media as a non-labeled tape.
  • *CNV indicates that the media is convenience station media.
  • *SYSGEN indicates that the media is *SYSTGEN media.
  • Category-name indicates that the media is in a user-defined category.