Completing the Mountable Tape Volume Selection Entry Panel

Use the fields on the Mountable Optical Volume Selection Entry Panel to set up basic selection criteria: the serial numbers of the volumes to include in the list and the source ISMF uses to generate the list.

Figure 1 shows the Mountable Tape Volume Selection Entry Panel with its default values.

Figure 1. Mountable Tape Volume Selection Entry Panel

   Panel  Utilities  Help
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                  MOUNTABLE TAPE VOLUME SELECTION ENTRY PANEL
 Command ===>

 Select Source to Generate Volume List  . . 2  (1 - Saved list, 2 - New list)

      1 Generate from a Saved List
          List Name  . .

      2 Generate a New List from Criteria Below
          Volume Serial Number . . . *         (fully or partially specified)
          Library Name . . . . . . . *         (fully or partially specified)
          Storage Group Name . . . . *         (fully or partially specified)

         Enter "/" to select option   _    Respecify View Criteria
                                      _    Respecify Sort Criteria





 Use ENTER to Perform Selection;
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Here is an overview of each field:

Select Source to Generate Volume List

In this mandatory field, indicate whether to create a new list or use a list previously saved with the SAVE command. Option 2 is the default.

Option: Meaning
1: Use a list previously saved with the SAVE command. When selecting this option, you must complete the field under Generate from a Saved List. See Saving a Copy of the List for more information.
2: Create a new list. When selecting this option, you must complete the fields under Generate a New List from Criteria Below.

1 Generate from a Saved List

Complete the following fields if you selected option 1 for Select Source to Generate Volume List:

List Name: Enter the name of a list previously saved with the SAVE command. The list name can be up to eight alphanumeric characters long and must follow naming conventions for members of partitioned data sets.

2 Generate a New List from Criteria Below

Complete the following fields if you selected option 2 for Select Source to Generate Volume List:

Volume Serial Number

Enter a full or partial serial number of the volume or volumes to include in the list. Use this field to restrict the list to volumes with a specific volume serial number or range of volume serial numbers.

Restriction: If the cartridge containing the volume is to be mounted on an IBM® TotalStorage™ Enterprise Automated Tape Library (3495), do not use special characters and national characters to define the volume serial number.

To include a single volume, enter a fully qualified volume serial number of one to six characters:

Volume Serial Number ===> SYS001

To include a range of volumes, enter a partially qualified volume serial number by using an asterisk or percent sign as a global file-name character. For example:

Volume Serial Number ===> SYS*

You can use up to two asterisks as global file-name characters. For example, for tape volsers numbered 800100 through 890599, you can enter the following to include only those that end in 430 through 439:

Volume Serial Number ===> 8*043*

Restriction: Do not use two asterisks next to each other (**).

Use a single asterisk to specify all mounted volumes that fit your other selection criteria:

Volume Serial Number ===> *

Library Name

Enter the one- to eight-character name of an automated tape library.

Specify the library name the same way you specify the volume serial number, but start the name with a non-numeric character. Do not use special characters.

Storage Group Name

Enter the one- to eight-character name of an SMS storage group. Specify the storage group name the same way you specify the volume serial number, but start the name with an alphabetic or national character.

To select volumes that belong to a blank storage group, specify ' ' in this field.

Volumes assigned to a blank storage group are in an SMS-managed tape library and should be distinguished from non-SMS-managed tape volumes that are not supported by the Mountable Tape Volume Application.

Respecify View Criteria

In this mandatory field, you can choose to display the Mountable Tape Volume View Entry Panel to select the columns and the order of the columns to display on the list panel. If you leave VIEW criteria blank, the Mountable Tape Volume List Panel is displayed using the default VIEW criteria (display all columns in alphabetical order) or the criteria that were last specified to ISMF, if any. This may result in a restricted view.

Option: Meaning
/: Display the Mountable Tape Volume View Entry Panel before creating the volume list.
blank: Do not display the Mountable Tape Volume View Entry Panel before creating the volume list. Blank is the default.

Respecify Sort Criteria

In this mandatory field, you can choose to display the Mountable Tape Volume Sort Entry Panel to sort the resulting volume list according to the values in its data columns.

Option: Meaning
/: Display the Mountable Tape Volume Sort Entry Panel before creating the volume list.
blank: Do not display the Mountable Tape Volume Sort Entry Panel before creating the volume list. Blank is the default.

For example, sort the list by specifying ascending order for the values in the volume serial column. In the resulting volume list, the volumes sort in numeric order by volume serial number.

If you specify Y for both VIEW and SORT criteria, the Mountable Tape Volume View Entry Panel is displayed, followed by the Mountable Tape Volume Sort Entry Panel.