gtpo1mgsOperations

ZTVAR-Configure Tape Devices

Use this command to add tape devices to the current tape configuration or to delete tape devices from the current tape configuration.

Requirements and Restrictions

Format




Add
adds a tape device to the current tape configuration.

Delete
deletes a tape device from the current tape configuration.

cu
is the 2-digit hexadecimal address of the control unit for which you are defining the tape device.

address
is the 1-digit hexadecimal address of the tape device. If you omit this parameter, all the tape devices on the control unit (0-F) are configured without regard to other factors.
Note:
Specify a second address to add or delete a range of tape devices.

Additional Information

None.

Examples

The 482 and 483 tape devices are configured in the following example.

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|User:   ZTVAR A 482-3                                                           |
|                                                                                |
|System: COTU0101I 12.55.36 TVAR BSS    PROT ENTRY ACQUIRED FOR DEVICE 482       |
|                           BY THIS PROCESSOR                                    |
|        COTU0101I 12.55.36 TVAR BSS    PROT ENTRY  ADDED   FOR DEVICE 483       |
|                           BY THIS PROCESSOR                                    |
|        COTE0002I 12.55.36 TVAR      - TAPE STATUS                              |
|                                                                                |
|        ADDRESS   NAME   SSU    STATUS   TPIND    VOLSER  FORMAT  #BLOCKS LDR   |
|                                                                                |
|         481      RTA    BSS      AO    00 01 00  A00050  38K         1 YES     |
|         480      JEP    HPN      AI    01 03 00  A00049  38K         0 YES     |
|         482     AVAIL                                                          |
|         483     AVAIL                                                          |
|        END OF DISPLAY                                                          |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

The 484 tape device is deleted in the following example.

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|User:   ZTVAR D 484                                                             |
|                                                                                |
|System: COTU0101I 09.47.05 TVAR BSS    PROT ENTRY RELEASED FOR DEVICE 484       |
|                           BY THIS PROCESSOR                                    |
|        COTE0002I 12.55.36 TVAR      - TAPE STATUS                              |
|                                                                                |
|        ADDRESS   NAME   SSU    STATUS   TPIND    VOLSER  FORMAT  #BLOCKS LDR   |
|                                                                                |
|         480      RTA    BSS      AO    00 01 30  A00034  38K         7 YES     |
|         481     AVAIL                                                          |
|         482      RTC    BSS      AO    00 01 00  A00145  38K      4391 YES     |
|         483     AVAIL                                                          |
|        END OF DISPLAY                                                          |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Related Information

None.