IEC704A
{L|L UVL|L VOL2-9C|C UVL} dev[,ser] [,labtyp] [,den] [,jjj,sss] [,dsname] {L|L UVL|C|C UVL} dev[,ser] [,labtyp] [,trtch] [,jjj,sss] [, dsname][,S] REPLY ‘VOLSER,OWNER INFORMATION’ OR ‘M’ REPLY ‘VOLSER,OWNER INFORMATION’,‘M’ OR ‘U’ REPLY ‘VOLSER,OWNER INFORMATION,ACCESS’ OR ‘M’ REPLY ‘VOLSER,OWNER INFORMATION,ACCESS’,‘M’ OR ‘U’ REPLY ‘U,OWNER INFORMATION,ACCESS’ OR ‘M’

Explanation

The message display may be in one of the following forms:
  • If L appears in the message display then the tape volume on the unit requires label information. The label is to be written as the type indicated in the density indicated.
  • If L UVL appears in the message display then the tape volume on the unit is about to be rewritten on the volume specified. The volume contains ISO/ANSI Version 3 user volume label(s) that will be lost if the volume header label (VOL1) is rewritten. If this message is issued to rewrite a VOL1 label to a new density, the contents of the label will be unchanged from the contents currently on the volume. If L VOL2-9 appears in the message display, then the tape volume on the unit is about to be rewritten on the volume specified. The volume contains ISO/ANSI Version 4 VOL2-9 volume label(s) that will be lost if the volume label (VOL1) is rewritten.
  • If C appears in the message display then the tape volume mounted on the unit is an ISO/ANSI Version 1 (or other unsupported version level) volume that must have its label converted to the latest supported version level. You must supply label information to rewrite the volume header label (VOL1). The label is written as the type indicated in the density indicated.
  • If C UVL appears in the message display then the ISO/ANSI tape volume mounted on the unit is about to be rewritten on the volume specified and contains user volume labels (UVLs) that will be lost if the volume header label is rewritten.
The following fields may also appear in the message display:
dev
The device number.
ser
If this appears in the message text,
labtyp
The label type of the mounted volume (either SL, NL, AL, or NSL).
den
The density of the volume to be mounted.
jjj
This indicates the job requesting the volume.
sss
This indicates the job step requesting the volume. it indicates a specific volume serial was requested.
dsname
This may appear if a MONITOR DSNAME command is active. If this is the case, dsname indicates the data set requesting the volume.
trtch
This indicates the recording mode as COMP (compaction) or NOCOMP (non-compaction).
S
The tape is in a system managed library.

Operator response

If the message display contains L or L UVL there are a series of responses you may make. First, the following is a list of variables that you may use in your response:
ser
This is the volume serial number and may contain up to 6 characters.
ownername
This is the owner name or similar information which may contain up to 10 characters.
The following is a list of the possible responses you may make:
  • If you need to label the volume as indicated, enter: 
    REPLY xx,‘ser ,ownername ’
  • To reject the currently mounted volume and mount a new volume, enter 
    REPLY xx,‘M’
  • If ser appears in the message text, the operator may allow the program to create a vol label with the serial number (which was specified in the message text) and an owner name by entering, 
    REPLY xx,‘U [,ownername]’
    CAUTION:
    Enter REPLY ‘U’ only if ser appears in the message text. Otherwise, the volume will be labeled with the serial number ‘U’.
  • If L UVL appears in the message display and you want the system to proceed when rewriting the VOL1 label enter: 
    REPLY xx, ‘U’

Operator Response: If the message display contains C or C UVL or L VOL2-9 there are a series of responses you may make. First, the following is a list of variables that you may use in your response:

volser
This is the volume serial number and may contain up to 6 characters.
ownerinfo
This is the owner information and may be up to 14 characters long.
a
This is the volume access code and is a 1 character code from A to Z*.
Note: *For Version 4, the allowable characters are: Uppercase A-Z, number 0-9, and special characters ! * " % & ' ( ) + , - . / : ; < = > ? _
The following is a list of the possible responses you may make:
  • If you want to use the serial number, owner information and access code from the old label for the new label, enter: 
    REPLY xx,‘U’.
    The system will then copy the old label into the new label, except for version level which must reflect the latest supported level.
  • If you want to specify different owner information and/or an access code, enter 
    REPLY xx,‘U,[ownerinfo] [,a]’.
    In this instance, the system uses the serial number from the old volume label. If you skip one of these fields, the value used in the old label will be used for the new label.
  • If you want to cause the volume to be demounted, followed by a label rewrite abend for the job step requesting the volume, enter: 
    REPLY xx,‘M’.
  • If you want to use the volume, enter 
    REPLY xx,‘volser[,ownerinfo] [,a]’.

    The owner information and access code are optional but will be left blank if you do not supply them.

  • If you want to reject the volume, enter 
    REPLY xx,‘M’.
    The volume will be demounted, followed by a mount request for another scratch volume.
  • If C UVL appears in the message text, a reply other than ‘M’ allows the system to proceed with the rewriting of the VOL1 label, but all user volume labels will be destroyed. If L VOL2-9 appears in the message text, a reply other than 'M' allows the system to proceed with the rewriting of the VOL1 label, but all VOL2-9 volume labels will be destroyed.

Source

DFSMSdfp

Module

IFG0193E

Routing code

1

Descriptor code

2

Parent topic: IEC messages