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dick scherrer
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The subject SAS procedure returns information about files on a tape volume.
Does anyone know of way to get the tape drive "model" via SAS (using TAPELABEL or something else)?
I wasn't able to find anything looking at the SAS site, but then, i don't really "speak" SAS.
Thanks,
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Robert Sample
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| Dick, I'll be traveling tomorrow but when I get a chance I'll look at what I've got -- I vaguely recall something is possible but don't remember what (it's been a long day -- moved my son into his house, returned the truck to the rental place, and so forth). |
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dick scherrer
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Hi Robert,
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| moved my son into his house, returned the truck to the rental place, and so forth |
Ain't movin' just so much fun. . . 
Don't know if they still have the same "slogan" on the front/side of some of the trucks, but U-Haul used to have "Adventure in Moving" prominently displayed. . . Last thing i wanted was an adventure. . .
Thanks for looking into this - 'preciate it 
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| They still have Adventure in Moving on the side of U-Haul trucks; he used Budget this time. |
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PeterHolland
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Use the DEVTYPE parameter on the FILE, INFILE or FILENAME statement.
see :
SAS® 9.2 Companion for z/OS® |
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dick scherrer
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Thanks
From the Companion (bolding is mine):
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Host Options for Retrieving Information about Data Sets
The following options are used in the FILE, FILENAME, and INFILE statements to retrieve information about a data set from the operating environment control blocks. SAS assigns values to the variables that are defined by these options when it opens the data set. It updates the values every time it opens a new data set in a concatenation. You can use these options with all standard external files under z/OS.
DEVTYPE=variable
defines a character variable (minimum length 24) that SAS sets to the device type. |
In this process, there is no file declared/used by the SAS process - the entire SAS SYSIN is:
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//SAS.SYSIN DD *
PROC TAPELABEL DDNAME=TAPE;
TITLE1 'SOME TITLE STUFF';
TITLE2 'ADDITIONAL TITLE STUFF ';
TITLE3 '----------------'; |
Unfortunately, there is nowhere that i can find to tell the TAPELABEL process to show the DEVTYPE. Suggestions?
One would usually look for this in the Tape Management system, but that (yup, believe it or not) cannot be done as there is no automated tape management system. . . |
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If the tape contains a SAS data base, using PROC CONTENTS will provide information such as
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THE CONTENTS PROCEDURE
DIRECTORY
LIBREF HISTWEK
ENGINE V9TAPE
ACCESS READONLY
PHYSICAL NAME MXG.WEEKLY.HISTORY.WKOF.D111509
UNIT TAPE
VOLUME 73959
DISPOSITION SHR
DEVICE 3480
BLOCKSIZE 32760 |
but I think the device here may just be the symbolic for the tape drive, not the actual device type.
Sorry it took so long to get back to you, but I spent most of yesterday trying to get over the trip, soothing sore muscles, and so forth. |
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Hi Robert,
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| Sorry it took so long to get back to you |
Not to worry
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| but I spent most of yesterday trying to get over the trip, soothing sore muscles, and so forth. |
My days of actually being the "mover" are behind me. I'll still drive the truck cross-country and even make suggestions on the load/unload, but the younger folks can do the lift/carry. . .
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| If the tape contains a SAS data base |
The "tape" can be pretty much anything. . . Due to having no real tape management, there is a fairly regular need to print the label info to resolve problems. . . This client does not own the mainframe, but rents time from a service center. Recently, someone wrote an ugly review and the "brains" decided that the use of blp be "secured". Of course, TAPELABEL bypasses the label "under the covers". . .
Other thoughts of how to exploit SAS features to get at the labels for the volume and first headers? |
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TAPELABEL will NOT give any devicetype info.
For each file on a tape volume, TAPELABEL generates the following information:
FILE NUMBER, the file sequence number
DSNAME, the data set name
RECFM, the record format
LRECL, the logical record length
BLKSIZE, the block size
BLOCK COUNT, the number of blocks in the file (from the trailer label)
EST FEET, the estimated length of the file in feet (assumes all blocks=BLKSIZE)
CREATED, the file creation date
EXPIRES, the file expiration date
CREATED BY JOB NAME STEPNAME, the job and step names of the job that
created the file
TRTCH, the track recording technique
DEN, the file recording density code
PSWD, the file protection indicator
UHL, the number of user header labels
UTL, the number of user trailer labels.
TAPELABEL also lists the sum of the estimated file lengths. |
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vasanthz
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Hi,
Could u pls say, is the tape drive "model" same as the unit parameter?
If yes then we can get the unit parameter value from SAS LOG by executing a INFILE statement,
The SAS LOG output is shown below:
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NOTE: The infile FILE1 is:
Dsname=*.TAPE.DATASET,
Unit=3490E,Volume=M12345,Disp=OLD,
Blksize=27998,Lrecl=32756,Recfm=VBS |
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| Nice one Vasanth. |
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