Before you begin: If you specified Y for the Define SMS Storage Group Status attribute on the Tape Storage Group Define panel, as described in Defining a tape storage group, you see the SMS Storage Group Status Define panel, where you can define the status of the storage group to each system in the SMS complex.

Perform the following steps to define tape storage group status.

1. Supply values on the SMS Storage Group Status Define panel. The SCDS Name, Storage Group Name and Storage Group Type fields are output fields that contain the information you specified on the Storage Group Application Selection panel. The System/Sys Group Name field is also an output field. It lists the systems that you defined in the base configuration, using the CDS application.

   SMS SG Status

   This field lists the relationship between the storage group and each system in the SMS complex. See Defining system access to pool and VIO storage groups for an explanation of these relationships.

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2. Use the END command to save your values and return to the Tape Storage Group Define panel.

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3. Use the END command again, on the Tape Storage Group Define panel, to complete and save the definition of the storage group. This returns you to the Storage Group Application Selection panel, which is primed with your CDS and storage group name.