DSM/Tape Catalog Operator Interface (MEDIACOM) Manual

MEDIACOM Commands
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ADD TAPELABEL Command (Super Group Only)
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Premounting tapes
If you mount a new tape before issuing the ADD TAPELABEL command, DSM/TC
generates this mount request:
*unreadable tape* $tape accept or reject tapemount
Although you can accept or reject the tapemount, if you initiate and complete the
ADD TAPELABEL command, this mount request is cleared. (It does not appear in
the display from a STATUS TAPEMOUNT.)
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Using the OVERRIDE ON option
As an extra precaution, DSM/TC is checked to ensure the tape name does not
conflict with a tape name in the available system search space before the tape
label is created or changed. If OVERRIDE ON is used, ADD TAPELABEL
processes the tape despite a duplicate name in the system search space.
When replacing an existing tape label that is not in ANSI or IBM-MVS format with a
standard label, use OVERRIDE ON to ignore the current label.
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Successful completion of ADD TAPELABEL
When ADD TAPELABEL successfully ends, one of these confirmation messages is
sent to the output file of the MEDIACOM process (usually your home terminal) for
each tape name listed in the command:
TAPE VOLUME name INITIALIZED
TAPE VOLUME name RELABELED
TAPE VOLUME name SCRATCHED
where name is the tape name written in the tape label as specified by tape-name
or new-tape-name.
Examples
Examples 1 through 5 do not require operator intervention if the criteria for autolabeling
are met.
1. To label an ANSI tape volume:
MC> ADD TAPELABEL ANSI01,&
>>> TAPEDRIVE $TAPE0,&
>>> OVERRIDE ON,&
>>> LABELS ANSI
TAPE VOLUME ANSI01 INITIALIZED
2. This example labels five ANSI tape volumes. You can specify a maximum of 100
names.
MC> ADD TAPELABEL (ANSI01,ANSI02,ANSI03,ANSI04,ANSI05),&
>>> TAPEDRIVE $TAPE0,&