Re: mtlib output question

From: Martin W. Johnson (fclmwj@NERSP.NERDC.UFL.EDU)
Date: Thu Jan 16 2003 - 12:58:27 EST


I believe they are for volume attribute, volume class, and volume
type. Whether the tape is 3490, 3590, type E, J, or K, etc.
        Marty

On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 11:57:32 -0500 justin.bleistein@SUNGARD.COM wrote:

> Hey Fellow AIXer's and TSMer's,
>
> The following is the output of the "mtlib -l/dev/lmcp0 -qI" command
> (output truncated). Now as you know the "mtlib" command is a command which
> uses the "atldd" AIX device driver to communicate with the IBM3494's
> database telling you which tapes are physically in the library. Now I
> understand the first field of this output is obviously the volser number of
> the tape and the second field is the category. I'm confused as to what the
> last three fields mean: "00", "10", "01". Any assistance as too what these
> fields indicate about a particular volume would be appreciated. Thanks!.
>
> PR3516 012C 00 10 01
> PR3517 012C 00 10 01
> PR3518 012C 00 10 01
> PR3519 012C 00 10 01
> PR3520 012C 00 10 01
> PR3521 012C 00 10 01
> PR3524 012C 00 10 01
> PR3525 012C 00 10 01
> PR3526 012C 00 10 01
> PR3527 012C 00 10 01
> PR3528 012C 00 10 01
> PR3529 012C 00 10 01
> PR3530 012C 00 10 01
> PR3532 012C 00 10 01
> PR3533 012C 00 10 01
> PR3534 012C 00 10 01
> PR3538 012C 00 10 01
> PR3548 012C 00 10 01
>
> --Justin Richard Bleistein
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