Scratch tape location

Select Scratch Tape Location to advance to view SLR.

From view SLR, select the desired tape location to advance to a data-entry panel. Complete the fields on the data-entry panel or accept the defaults and advance to the Tape Location view (SLRV), which lists the requested volumes.

Select one of the volume serial numbers to advance to the Tape location EZCmd menu. The following table summarizes the options on this menu. Press F1 to access online Help with descriptions for each field on the view.

 Tape location EZCmd menu views

Menu option and view name

Description

Detail View (SLRVAD)

Displays the tape location detail

  • A tape in the TMC might also be in the Automated Tape Library (ATL) or Virtual Tape Library (VTL).
  • A virtual tape can be backed up to multi-volume cartridges. The MVCs for virtual tapes are shown.

Volume Details (VDR)

Displays detailed information about the selected volume

From this view, you can select a volume and press Enter to display the Volume Detail EZCmd Menu (see the  Volume Detail EZCmd menu views for the menu options).

 

The following table summarizes the options on the Volume Detail menu.

 Volume Detail EZCmd menu views

Menu option and view name

Description

Data Sets on Volume (DOV)

Lists data sets that reside on the specified volume

From this view, you can select a data set and press Enter to display the DOV EZCmd Menu. (See the  DOV EZCmd menu options for the menu options.)

Detail View (VDRD)

Provides a detailed view for the selected volume

Multi-Volume Data Sets (MVD)

Lists data sets that span more than one volume

Tape Location (SLRV)

Displays the tape location detail view:

  • Tapes that are in the TMC might also be in the Automated Tape Library (ATL) or Virtual Tape System (VTS).
  • A virtual tape can be backed up to multi-volume cartridges (MVCs). The MVCs for virtual tapes are shown.

Volume Audit (TSAR1)

Displays an audit based on the volume serial number audit with emphasis on the TMC

Volume Sequence (VSEQ)

Lists volumes that are linked because they contain a data set that spans this volume and another volume in the sequence

 

 DOV EZCmd menu options

Menu option and view name

Description

Data Sets Audit (TSAR1)

Displays a data set name based audit with emphasis on the z/OS user catalog contents

Data Set Location (SLRV)

Shows the tape location

  • Tapes that are in the TMC might also be in the Automated Tape Library (ATL) or Virtual Tape System (VTS).
  • A virtual tape can be backed up to multi-volume cartridges. The MVCs for virtual tapes are shown.

From this view, you can select a volume serial number and press Enter to display the Tape Location EZCmd Menu. (See the Tape location EZCmd menu views for the menu options.)

Detail View (DOVD)

Lists all data sets that reside on the selected volume

Multi-Volume Data Sets (MVD)

Displays data sets that span more than one volume

Volume Sequence (VSEQ)

Lists volumes that are linked because they contain a data set that spans this and another volume in the sequence

 

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