DSM/Tape Catalog Operator Interface (MEDIACOM) Manual

MEDIACOM Commands
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ADD TAPELABEL Command (Super Group Only)
When labeling a large number of unlabeled tapes with the same label format and
information, you can give multiple tape names rather than entering ADD
TAPELABEL for each tape. A maximum of 100 names is permitted.
If you are using the NEWNAME option (described in this subsection), only one
tape-name is allowed.
DENSITY { 1600 | 6250 }
defines the density for the tape. The default for open-reel tape is 1600. (There is no
default for cartridge tapes.) For a list of NonStop Kernel tape drives and the density
setting for each, see Appendix B, Labeling and Density Guidelines.
LABELS { ANSI | IBM }
defines what type of tape label to create:
ANSI
ANSI format label. For detailed information on this label format, see Appendix
A, Tape Label Formats. The default is ANSI.
BACKUP
Special format label used by BACKUP and BACKCOPY. Although BACKUP
labels are almost identical to ANSI format, the format of the data is very
different.
IBM
IBM-MVS format label. For detailed information on this label format, see
Appendix A, Tape Label Formats.
Unless you use OVERRIDE ON, the tape must be unlabeled when you use this
option.
NEWNAME new-tape-name
overwrites an existing label with a new label containing a new name. To the user,
the tape is relabeled and can be thought of as an empty (scratch) tape.
Only one tape-name is permitted with this option, and it must represent an
expired tape. (new-tape-name and tape-name are verified to not exist in the
DSM/TC system before ADD TAPELABEL changes the tape’s name even though
tape-name is not a cataloged tape.)
You cannot use the SCRATCH or OVERRIDE options with NEWNAME.
SCRATCH
converts a tape containing unexpired files to a scratch tape by changing the
expiration date of the first file-ID on the tape to indicate that the tape has expired.