Altering an optical disk drive

You can use the drive alter option to alter the attributes of an existing drive. Altering a drive definition results in updating the database drive row for that drive. The alter option is available only when OAM is not running.

To alter a drive definition in the OAM configuration database and the SCDS, start from the Drive Application Selection panel, shown in Figure 3, and specify the name of the SCDS containing the drive you want to change. Specify the drive name and select option 4, ALTER. For the 3995 optical drive, ISMF displays the 3995 Drive Alter panel shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. 3995 Drive Alter Panel

   Panel  Utilities  Help
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                               3995 DRIVE ALTER
 Command ===>

 SCDS Name   . . . . . :'SCDS.TEMP.PRIMARY'
 Drive Name  . . . . . :P1D0
 Drive Type  . . . . . :LIBRARY
 Model Number  . . . . :132
 Controlling Lib Name  :LIBRARY1

 To ALTER Drive, Specify:

   Description ===> Line 1
               ===> Line 2
   Drive Number . . . 1


 The Following Field may be Changed by Operator Accessible Drives Only:
   Library Name . . .                      (1 to 8 characters)

 Use ENTER to Perform Verification;
 Use HELP Command for Help; Use END Command to Save and Exit; CANCEL to Exit.

Note:

You cannot change the drive number (always 5) for an operator-accessible drive (model 111, 112, or 113, the 3995 C-series models are exceptions).
For 3995 models 111, 112, 113, 131, 132, or 133, the drive number must be within the range of 1 to 4.
For all other 3995 models, the drive number must be within the range of 1 to 999.
You cannot change the library name for a drive unless it is an operator-accessible drive.