Starting and stopping an SVOS TSCAN
The TSCAN command initiates a tape scan collection. Based on your input, the system scans the tape catalog data set and extracts information about tape volumes and tape data sets that exist in the system. Information is also extracted from the tape silo, the VTS, and the DFSMShsm OCDS.
To begin a scan
Issue the / SVOS TSCAN command.
To stop a TSCAN before completion
Issue the ENDTSCAN command.
This data is built in linear data sets that have the date and time as a part of the name. These linear data sets are then processed to produce the TSCANLS view.
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