Field Descriptions

Device name
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:
*INPUT
The operation is an input operation.
*OUTPUT
The operation is an output operation.


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