CL Command Reference - INZMEDBRM
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Description:
The Initialize Media using BRM (INZMEDBRM) command prepares media for use in the BRMS system. This command is used to initialize a volume with a standard volume label for standard label magnetic volume processing.
Note: It is recommended that you use the INZMEDBRM command in place of the i5/OS INZTAP command. To assure the protection of media, BRMS disables INZTAP CHECK(*NO) for users who do not have *SECADM, *SECOFR, *SERVICE or *SAVSYS authority. Unlike users of INZTAP, users of INZMEDBRM do not need these levels of authority in order to use the CHECK(*NO) option.
Virtual tape media and devices can be used with this command. The following restrictions apply to the use of virtual media and virtual devices.
. The Device (DEV) parameter is limited on only one device or *MEDCLS special value for serial operations.
. Execute authority is required to the Load or Unload Image Catalog (LODIMGCLG) command.
. *CHANGE authority is required to the image catalogs.
. Execute (*X) authority is required to each directory in the image catalog path name.
. Read, write, execute (*RWX) authority is required to each image file in the parent directory that will be loaded or mounted.
. *USE authority is required to the virtual devices using the image catalogs.
To use this command, you must have the Backup Recovery and Media Services for iSeries, 5722-BR1, licensed program installed.
Restrictions:
1. This command should not be used by control group *EXIT item processing as results will be unpredictable.
Examples:
Example 1: Initializing a Volume
INZMEDBRM DEV(TAP06) NEWVOL(T00004) MEDCLS(QIC1000)
This command initializes volume T00004 using device TAP06. The volume is assigned a media class of QIC1000 and initialized using the density specified by the QIC1000 media class.