Manual

Using the DSM/TC Software System
DSM/Tape Catalog User’s Guide — 520233-008
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Selecting and Mounting a Scratch Tape Volume
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0 BKO000 BACKUP \STORM NO MOUNT SCRATCH TAPE
1 tape mount returned.
MC>status tapemount,detail
Tape Mount 0
Tape Name BKO000
Action MOUNT ANY APPROPRIATE SCRATCH TAPE
Write Protected NO
Label Type BACKUP
Pool Name BACKUP_OPEN
Volume Catalog \STORM.DEFAULT_CATALOG
AVR System \STORM
Tape Use OUT
Density 6250
Open Exclusion EXCLUSIVE
Comment Labeled BACKUP. Tape #1
Process Name \STORM.0,27
Process (CPU,PIN) (0,27)
Define Class TAPECATALOG
Define Name =TCAT
Program Name \STORM.$SYSTEM.SYS20.BACKUP
1 tape mount returned.
In this display, the output for Action states: “MOUNT ANY APPROPRIATE SCRATCH
TAPE.” Because DSM/TC selected the volume, any appropriate scratch tape from the
pool can be used.
The INFO TAPEVOLUME command is used before the appropriate tape volume is
mounted:
MC>info tapevolume bko00?
Volume Catalog \STORM.DEFAULT_CATALOG
Pool Name BACKUP_OPEN
Tape Name Labels Type TapeFormat Status
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BKO000 BACKUP OPEN SELECTED
BKO001 BACKUP OPEN SCRATCH
BKO002 BACKUP OPEN SCRATCH
BKO003 BACKUP OPEN SCRATCH
BKO004 BACKUP OPEN SCRATCH
BKO005 BACKUP OPEN SCRATCH
BKO006 BACKUP OPEN SCRATCH
BKO007 BACKUP OPEN SCRATCH
BKO008 BACKUP OPEN SCRATCH
BKO009 BACKUP OPEN SCRATCH
10 tape volumes returned.
Tape BKO000 is now selected to reserve it for this job. To illustrate how to select
another tape (for example, BKO000 is unavailable), the ALTER TAPEMOUNT
command is used to select a different scratch tape volume to be used for the BACKUP: