This BRARCHIVE command option initializes tape volumes.
Use this option to initialize SAP volumes (tapes) or non-SAP volumes. Only tapes of this type can be used for archiving with BRARCHIVE. See Volume Management.
Syntax
-i|-initialize [force|show]
Default value: no initialization.
If you specify the option -i to initialize volumes (and -v has not been specified), BRARCHIVE initializes the volumes specified in volume_archive.
See -i|-initialize.