Accessing data from a tape device

 

To access data from a tape device on the system, a device description must exist for each tape device and tape media library device to describe the device to the system.

After you have the above objects set up, you can then open the tape device file and proceed by using your application program to read the data on that file.

• Setting up a device description
  To specify the device description, you can use the Create Device Description (CRTDEVTAP) command.

• Setting up a device description for each media library device
  To specify the device description, you can use the Create Device Media Library (CRTDEVMLB) command.

• Setting up a tape device file
  To create the tape device files, you can use the Create Tape File (CRTTAPF) command.

 

Parent topic:

Using tape files