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The new QSYS2.TAPE_CARTRIDGE_INFO view returns information about tape cartridges.
You can read about it on a new fact page here: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6982057
And in IBM Documentation here: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=services-tape-cartridge-info-view
Db2 for i development team
IBM Power Systems Development
IBM will use this request as input to planning but no commitment is made or implied. This request will be updated in the future if IBM implements it.
IBM has received the requirement and is evaluating it. IBM will provide a response after evaluation is complete.
Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Power Systems
Product - IBM i
Component - Db2 for i
Operating system - IBM i
Source - None
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Power Systems
Product - IBM i
Component - Core OS
Operating system - IBM i
Source - None
@chr.jorgensen: cool stuff!! thanks a lot!
In my opinion IBM is wasting a lot of resources on writing things you could also write yourself or by just hiring a developer.
IBM would better invest its time in things you can't write yourself (ie. lack of API's).
The requested SQL service is already available - not as a IBM i built-in service, but as an open source solution:
https://bitbucket.org/christianjorgensen/sql-udtf-cartridge_info/src/master/
There's even a SQL service returning the content of a tape a la DSPTAP:
https://bitbucket.org/christianjorgensen/sql-udtf-tape_label_info/src/master/