TMF Reference Manual (G06.26+)

TMFCOM Commands

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ALTER TAPEMEDIA

The ALTER TAPEMEDIA command changes the configured attribute values of tape

volumes.

tape-volume

identifies the tape volume whose entries in the catalog are to be changed. For this

parameter, use the name magnetically encoded on the tape volume.

STATUS

specifies the status of the tape volume named in this command. STATUS is

required and must include one of the following keywords:

ASSIGNED

indicates that the tape volume contains valid dumps. Any tape volume

specified becomes available for file recovery, provided that the file dumps

contained on that volume have not been removed from the catalog. For

information about re-adding dumps to the catalog, see the ADD DUMPS

command description.

BAD

indicates that the tape volume is defective and cannot be used later for

dumping files or for file recovery.

RELEASED

indicates that the contents of the tape volume are no longer required for file

recovery, and that the tape is not available for re-use in dumping or for file

recovery. To use a tape older than that indicated by the RETAINDEPTH

attribute for file recovery, you can change the status of tape volumes from

RELEASED to ASSIGNED. (For information about RETAINDEPTH, see the

ALTER CATALOG command description.)

SCRATCH

indicates that the tape volume can be used for dumping files.

ALTER TAPEMEDIA {tape-volume }

{(tape-volume [,tape-volume]...)}

,STATUS {ASSIGNED}

{BAD }

{RELEASED}

{SCRATCH }