The Create Controller Description (Tape) (CRTCTLTAP) command creates a controller description for a tape controller.

Restriction: You must have input/output system configuration (*IOSYSCFG) special authority to use this command.

Parameters

Keyword	Description	Choices	Notes
CTLD	Controller description	Name	Required, Key, Positional 1
TYPE	Controller type	Character value, *RSRCNAME	Optional, Key, Positional 2
MODEL	Controller model	Character value, *RSRCNAME	Optional, Key, Positional 3
RSRCNAME	Resource name	Name, *NONE	Optional, Key, Positional 4
ONLINE	Online at IPL	*YES, *NO	Optional
TEXT	Text 'description'	Character value, *BLANK	Optional
DEV	Attached devices	Values (up to 8 repetitions): Name	Optional
AUTOCFG	Auto-configuration controller	*NO, *YES	Optional
AUT	Authority	Name, *CHANGE, *ALL, *USE, *EXCLUDE, *LIBCRTAUT	Optional

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Controller description (CTLD)

This is a required parameter.

Specifies the name of the controller description.

Controller type (TYPE)

This is a required parameter.

Specifies the type of controller for this description.

*RSRCNAME

The device model is determined from the resource name parameter.

Note: This parameter is ignored, but can be specified for compatibility with earlier versions of the command.

Controller model (MODEL)

This is a required parameter.

Specifies the model number of the controller that is described. This number tells the system which features the controller has.

*RSRCNAME

The device model is determined from the resource name parameter.

Note: This parameter is ignored, but can be specified for compatibility with earlier versions of the command.

Resource name (RSRCNAME)

Specifies the resource name that identifies the hardware this description represents. Use the WRKHDWRSC command to determine the resource name.

*NONE

No resource name is specified at this time. A resource name must be provided before the device can be varied on.

resource-name

Specify the name to identify the physical devices on the system. Use the Work with Hardware Resources (WRKHDWRSC) command with *STG specified for the TYPE parameter to help determine the resource name.

Online at IPL (ONLINE)

Specifies whether this object is automatically varied on at initial program load (IPL).

*YES

The controller is automatically varied on at IPL.

*NO

The controller is not automatically varied on at IPL.

Text 'description' (TEXT)

Specifies the text that briefly describes the object.

*BLANK

No text is specified.

character-value

Specify no more than 50 characters of text, enclosed in apostrophes.

Attached devices (DEV)

Specifies the names of the devices that are attached to this controller. The device descriptions must already exist.

The maximum number of devices that can attach to this controller is 4 for a 3422 or 3430 controller, 8 for a 3480 or 3490 controller.

Auto-configuration controller (AUTOCFG)

Specifies whether this controller description is the one which should have devices attached when they are automatically configured. Although there can be more than one controller description for each controller, only one description can be an automatic configuration controller. When new devices are automatically configured on that controller, they are attached to the automatic configuration controller description.

*NO

This is not an automatic configuration controller.

*YES

This is an automatic configuration controller.

Authority (AUT)

Specifies the authority you are giving to users who do not have specific authority for the object, who are not on an authorization list, and whose group profile or supplemental group profiles do not have specific authority for the object.

*CHANGE

The user can perform all operations on the object except those limited to the owner or controlled by object existence (*OBJEXIST) and object management (*OBJMGT) authorities. The user can change and perform basic functions on the object. *CHANGE authority provides object operational (*OBJOPR) authority and all data authority. If the object is an authorization list, the user cannot add, change, or remove users.

*ALL

The user can perform all operations except those limited to the owner or controlled by authorization list management (*AUTLMGT) authority. The user can control the object's existence, specify the security for the object, change the object, and perform basic functions on the object. The user also can change ownership of the object.

*USE

The user can perform basic operations on the object, such as running a program or reading a file. The user cannot change the object. Use (*USE) authority provides object operational (*OBJOPR), read (*READ), and execute (*EXECUTE) authorities.

*EXCLUDE

The user cannot access the object.

*LIBCRTAUT

The system determines the authority for the object by using the value specified for the Create authority (CRTAUT) parameter on the Create Library (CRTLIB) command for the library containing the object to be created. If the value specified for the CRTAUT parameter is changed, the new value will not affect any existing objects.

name

Specify the name of an authorization list to be used for authority to the object. Users included in the authorization list are granted authority to the object as specified in the list. The authorization list must exist when the object is created.

Examples

CRTCTLTAP   CTLD(TAP01)  TYPE(3422)  MODEL(A01)  SRCNAME(TAP01)

This command creates a controller description named TAP01 for a 3422 tape controller.

Error messages

*ESCAPE Messages

CPF26BB

Extended wireless controller member not changed.

CPF26BC

Extended wireless controller member not displayed.

CPF26BD

Entry for barcode group not removed from extended wireless controller member.

CPF26BE

Entry for PTC group not removed from extended wireless controller member.

CPF26BF

Program QZXCINZ terminated abnormally. See previous messages.

CPF26B3

Extended wireless line member not added.

CPF26B4

Extended wireless line member not changed.

CPF26B5

Extended wireless line member not displayed.

CPF26B8

Extended wireless controller member not added.

CPF2716

Controller description &1 not created.