The volume serial ID for
the media volume to be retrieved. The values are:
volume-serial
A six character media volume serial.
*EXP
Specify to request that an expired volume be located.
*ACT
Specify to request that an active volume with space available
for write operations be located.
Media class
A media class name that will
be used to locate the media volume. This field must be specified if
special values *EXP or *ACT are specified for theVolume
serial field. The possible values are:
*ANY
Specifies the retrieved volume can be assigned to any media
class.
media-class
Specifies the retrieved volume must be assigned to this media
class.
Location
A location name that will be used
to locate the media volume. This field must be specified if special
values *EXP or *ACT are
specified for theVolume serial field. The
possible values are:
*ANY
Specifies the retrieved volume can be assigned to any location.
location-name
Specifies the retrieved volume must be assigned to this location.
Expiration date
The expiration date expressed
in cyymmdd (century, year, month, day) format that will be used to
locate an active media volume.
*ANY
Specifies any active volume can be retrieved that meets the
media class and location control values.
expiration-date
Specifies the expiration date used to retrieve active volumes.
If an active volume with the specified date cannot be retrieved, then
the first available active volume that meets the media class and location
control values is retrieved.
blank
Specifies that a date is not necessary to locate the media volume.
This value should not be specified whenever
the Volume serial is specified with the special
value *ACT.