Using multiple tape media libraries for a parallel save
If planning on doing parallel saves using multiple tape media libraries, users should use *MEDCLS rather than specify the individual tape media libraries in the control group attributes or in the the DEV parameter on the SAVxxxBRM commands
- If there are multiple drives available in the first tape media library selected, and it the Min/Max requirements are met, BRMS will use only use the one tape media library
- Media policy must be set to use *ANY for the location of media.
- Tape media libraries need to have unique locations (
WRKDEVBRM) and available media needs to be at those locations - Tape drives in the different tape media libraries have to be write compatible with each other
- It is important to only specify *MEDCLS once for the Backup Devices or DEV parameter
Example
