Changing values associated with a tape volume

If the storage administrator types blanks over the NEW VALUE for storage group, shelf location, or owner information, the corresponding field in the tape volume record is set to blank and the NEW VALUE field shows as blank the next time the record in displayed. See Figure 1.

Figure 1. NEW VALUE blanked out for storage group

   Panel  Utilities  Help
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                    MOUNTABLE TAPE VOLUME ALTER ENTRY PANEL
 Command ===>
 
 Tape Volume:EMB001
 
 Specify New Values for the Following Fields:      (leave as-is if no change)
 
 Use Attribute: Old Value   :PRIVATE
                 New Value . . P        (P - Private or S - Scratch)
 
 Storage Group: Old Value   :
                 New Value . .
 
 Shelf Location:Old Value   :EILEENS DESK
                 New Value . . EILEENS DESK
 
 Owner Information:
     Old Value:EILEEN
 New Value  . . EILEEN
 
 Use ENTER to Perform ALTER;
 Use HELP Command for Help; Use END Command to Exit.

Note that both the OLD VALUE and the NEW VALUE for storage group are now blank. To add a storage group again, the storage administrator indicates the new value for storage group in the NEW VALUE field and hits ENTER (see Figure 2).

Figure 2. New storage group assigned after storage group was altered to blank

   Panel  Utilities  Help
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                    MOUNTABLE TAPE VOLUME ALTER ENTRY PANEL
 Command ===>
 
 Tape Volume:EMB001
 
 Specify New Values for the Following Fields:       (leave as-is if no change)
 
 Use Attribute: Old Value   :PRIVATE
                 New Value . .           (P - Private or S - Scratch)
 
 Storage Group: Old Value   :
                 New Value . . MTLGRP2
 
 Shelf Location:Old Value   :EILEENS DESK
                 New Value . . EILEENS DESK
 
 Owner Information:
     Old Value:EILEEN
 New Value  . . EILEEN
 
 Use ENTER to Perform ALTER;
 Use HELP Command for Help; Use END Command to Exit.