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ZFRST TAPE-Add or Delete Tape Devices

Use this command to make additional primary and alternate tape devices available to the restore function or to delete primary tape devices (and the corresponding alternate tape devices, if they exist). After a tape device is deleted, it is no longer available to the restore function.

Requirements and Restrictions

Format




ADD
adds primary tape devices and corresponding alternate tape devices.

ALT
adds alternate tape devices for existing primary tape devices.

DEL
deletes primary tape devices and the corresponding alternate tape devices, if they exist.

tapeaddr
is the 3-digit hexadecimal address of a primary tape device.

altaddr
is the 3-character hexadecimal address of an alternate tape device.

Note:
The addresses of the primary and alternate tape devices must be on the same device type.

ALL cu
deletes all of the primary and alternate tape devices on the specified control unit, where cu is the 2-digit hexadecimal address of the control unit.

Additional Information

If you delete a tape device while it is being used to restore a module, load the tape in another tape device to continue the restore function.

Examples

A primary tape device and an alternate tape device are added for the restore function in the following example.

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|User:   ZFRST TAPE ADD 480-481                                                  |
|                                                                                |
|System: FRST0119I 14.50.19 DUAL TAPE 480-481 ADDED                              |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

An alternate tape device is added for tape devices 423 and 480 in the following example.

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|User:   ZFRST TAPE ALT 423-424/480-481                                          |
|                                                                                |
|System: FRST0119I 15.34.37 DUAL TAPE 423-424 ADDED                              |
|        FRST0119I 15.34.37 DUAL TAPE 480-481 ADDED                              |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Primary tape device 480 and its corresponding alternate tape device (if it exists) are deleted in the following example. These tape devices are no longer available to the restore function.

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|User:   ZFRST TAPE DEL 480                                                      |
|                                                                                |
|System: FRST0120I 14.52.01 DUAL TAPE 480-481 DELETED                            |
|        FRST0016I 14.52.01 MOD 01F ON 0521 FROM TAPE ON 480 - ABORTED           |
|        COTC0087A 14.52.01 TCLS WP1    REMOVE BXB FROM DEVICE 480               |
|                           VSN A00248  NOBLK                                    |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Related Information

See TPF Database Reference for more information about the restore function.