Setting the JCL options for tapes

Use the Tape Options panel to specify information about tape units and stacking options.

To set the JCL options for tapes

1. Use the following menu selections to display the JCL Generation Tape Options Update panel:

   From this menu	Select this item and press Enter
   Catalog Manager Primary Menu panel	Catalog Manager options processing
   Options	Y at Edit JCL Generation options
   JCL Generation Options	Y at Edit JCLgen options
   JCL Generation Update - Main Menu	Tape Options

   -------------------- JCL GENERATION TAPE OPTIONS UPDATE ---------------------
   COMMAND ===>
   
   Type data and press Enter.
   
    Tape Unit 1 . . . . . . . . . CART      (blank or TAPE, CART, etc)
    Tape Unit 2 . . . . . . . . . TAPE      (blank or TAPE, CART, etc)
    Tape Unit 3 . . . . . . . . . TAPE      (blank or TAPE, CART, etc)
    Tape Volume count . . . . . . 99        (0 - 255)
    Tape EXPDT. . . . . . . . . .           (Blank or YYDDD or YYYY/DDD)
    Tape RETPD. . . . . . . . . .           (Blank or 0 - 9999 days)
    Tape TRTCH. . . . . . . . . .           (Blank or C,E,T,ET,COMP,NOCOMP)
   
    Stacking Options
     Local Primary Copy. . . N  (Y/N)  Local Backup Copy . . . N  (Y/N)
     Recovery Primary Copy . N  (Y/N)  Recovery Backup Copy. . N  (Y/N)
     Primary Sysrec. . . . . N  (Y/N)  Backup Sysrec . . . . . N  (Y/N)
     Baseline Recovery . . . N  (Y/N)  Archive . . . . . . . . N  (Y/N)
     (CHANGE MANAGER only)
2. In the Tape Unit 1, Tape Unit 2, and Tape Unit 3 fields, type the names of valid tape units for your installation.
3. In the Tape Volume count field, type the maximum number of tape volumes.
4. In the Tape EXPDT field, type the expiration date for a tape.
5. In the Tape RETPD field, type the retention date for a tape.

6. In the Tape TRTCH field, type the parity, data conversion, translation, and compression value for 7-track tape drives as shown in the below table.

   To choose	Type
   Not to use seven-track tape drives	(Leave the field blank)
   Odd parity, conversion, and no translation	C
   Even parity, no conversion, and no translation	E
   Odd parity, no conversion, and translation	T
   Even parity, no conversion, and translation	ET
   Data compression	COMP
   No data compression	NOCOMP

7. For each type of copy or product data set, type Y or N to specify whether the data sets should be stacked on a tape with data sets of the same type.Consider the following if you choose tape stacking:
   • Tape stacking options for baseline recovery data sets apply to Catalog Manager only.
   • Tape stacking options for backup SYSREC and archive data sets apply to Catalog Manager only.
   • Tape stacking is not applicable if you choose to dynamically allocate copy or unload data sets, unless you are using the BMC AMI Copy utility to copy explicitly created table spaces.
   • Tape stacking is not applicable if you use the Database Administration or BMC AMI Database Administration for Db2 solutions to execute a worklist in parallel.

   • Tape stacking is disabled in the JCL for a worklist if all of the following conditions exist:

     • You use tape for unload (SYSREC) data sets, or you use tape because the maximum threshold value for DASD for a data set is exceeded.
     • You use tape stacking for unload (SYSREC) data sets.
     • You use the UNLOAD PLUS and LOADPLUS utilities and you include partitioned table spaces in the scope.

     If you are using the UNLOAD PLUS and LOADPLUS utilities to multitask the unloading and loading of data, you cannot use tape stacking for unload (SYSREC) data sets. If you run the JCL, you might exceed the number of tape drives at your site.

8. Press END to save your changes and return to the JCL Generation Update - Main Menu panel.