MIGUNITNAME: Specifying the type of unit for allocating a scratch tape during migration

Explanation: MIGUNITNAME(unitname) is an optional parameter identifying the type of unit that should be specified the first time DFSMShsm requests to allocate a scratch tape during migration. You can request several unit names for allocating the scratch tape. For unitname specify either 3480, 3480X, 3490, 3590-1, or an esoteric name which you specify in the USERUNITTABLE parameter of the SETSYS command. If an esoteric tape unit name is used, the SETSYS USERUNITTABLE command must be issued prior to the SETSYS MIGUNITNAME command.

SMS relationship: Parameter has the same meaning when applied to SMS-managed or non-SMS-managed DASD volumes or data sets.

SETSYS default: None.

DFSMShsm default: If you do not specify this parameter on any SETSYS command, the DFSMShsm default is 3590-1.
Note:
  1. You cannot specify an esoteric unit name that represents DASD; it must represent tape.
  2. DFSMShsm does not use MIGUNITNAME when it requests that a scratch volume be allocated while continuing from another volume. Instead, DFSMShsm uses the same unit the volume was allocated on.
  3. If you specify MIGDENSITY and MIGUNITNAME, the density must match the density capabilities for that type of unit. If you specify MIGUNITNAME and do not specify MIGDENSITY, DFSMShsm uses the highest density for the specified unit.
  4. If you specify an esoteric unit name with the MIGUNITNAME parameter, you must also have identified the esoteric unit name to DFSMShsm with the USERUNITTABLE parameter.
  5. You can specify the USERUNITTABLE parameter when you specify the MIGUNITNAME parameter or you could have specified USERUNITTABLE with a previous SETSYS command during this startup.