The name of a valid tape device.
A special value of *MEDCLS will instruct the API to locate an available
tape device from the BRMS device information.
Location
A location name that will be used
to locate an expired media volume. This value is needed only when
a device special value of *MEDCLS is specified. The values are:
*ANY
Any location can be used to locate an expired volume.
location-name
Specify the name of the location used to locate an expired
volume.
Media class
A media class name that will
be used to locate an expired media volume. This value is needed only
when a device special value of *MEDCLS is specified.
Device action
Specifies the device action
that you want to used for the device. The values are:
*ALCDEV
The device is allocated.
*DLCDEV
The device is not allocated. This choice is not valid for device
*MEDCLS.
Note:
BRMS shared device support is implied in
device selection since *ALCDEV will vary on a shared device and *DLCDEV
will vary it off.
Operation
Specifies the type of device
operation. Since input and output densities for a particular device
may be different, the type of device operation will be used to ensure
that the device selected for the specified media class is compatible
with the operation being requested. The values are: