gtpo1m4xOperations

ZDTLB-Display Tape Label

Use this command to display a tape label.

Requirements and Restrictions

None.

Format




tape
is a 3-character tape name. The first 2 characters are alphabetic and the 3rd character is alphanumeric.

Additional Information

None.

Examples

The tape label for the specified tape is displayed in the following example, where:

 USABLE 
indicates the tape status. If this field displays NOT USABLE, the label information is not valid until you make it usable by entering the ZTLBL command with the USABLE parameter.

 I/O 
indicates whether the tape is an input tape, an output tape, or both.

 L 
is the label type, where:

 SL 
Tape has standard header labels.

 NL 
Tape does not have standard header labels when used for input.

 SU 
Tape has standard header labels followed by user labels when used for output.

 FMT 
indicates the format of the tape.

 COMP 
indicates the improved data recording capability (IDRC) mode of the tape, which can be COMP or NOCOMP.

 BLK 
indicates the blocking mode of the tape, which can be BLK or NOBLK.

 T 
is the buffer time delay, which indicates the number of seconds the data can reside in the blocking buffer before a synchronize operation is scheduled.
Note:
If 000 is displayed, the tape is not subject to time-initiated buffer synchronization.

 F 
is the file identifier.

 G 
is the current generation number.

 S 
is the current volume sequence number.

 RETENTION PERIOD 
is the retention period.

 LAST MOUNTED 
is the date that the tape was last mounted.

 LAST FILE SERIAL NUMBER 
is the volume serial number of the first volume of the last file that was mounted.

 GROUP 
is the tape group name that is associated with the label.
Note:
If a tape has an NL tape label, only the first 2 lines of output are displayed.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|User:   ZDTLB RTA                                                               |
|                                                                                |
|System: COTL0002I 08.32.08 DTAP      - TAPE STATUS                              |
|           RTA - USABLE        I/O-OUTPUT  L-SL   FMT-ALL  NOCOMP               |
|           BLK                 T  - 000                                         |
|           F-RTA.TAPE          G  -0027    S-0001                               |
|           RETENTION PERIOD -  00007                                            |
|           LAST MOUNTED     -  94194                                            |
|           LAST FILE SERIAL -  A00049                                           |
|           GROUP            -  NONE                                             |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Related Information

None.