List Tape Volume Entries: Example 8

This example lists all the tape volume entries whose names begin with the letters ‘VA’ in the tape library named ATLLIB1.

//LISTCLIB    JOB     ...
//STEP1       EXEC   PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSPRINT    DD     SYSOUT=A
//SYSIN       DD     *
      LISTCAT -
           VOLUMEENTRIES(VA*) -
           LIBRARY(ATLLIB1) -
           ALL
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This command's parameters are:

VOLUMEENTRIES specifies that information relating to tape volume entries whose names begin with the letters ‘VA’ are be listed.
LIBRARY specifies that only tape volume entries associated with the tape library named ATLLIB1 are to be listed.
ALL requires that all information associated with the specified tape volume entries are to be listed.

The tape volume entries information is listed in the following format:

                              LISTING FROM CATALOG -- SYS1.VOLCAT.VGENERAL

 VOLUME-ENTRY-----------VAL0001
     DATA-VOLUME
       LIBRARY----------ATLLIB1     LOCATION-----------LIBRARY       CREATION-DATE---2001-01-01   ENT-EJ-DATE---2001-01-01
       RECORDING--------UNKNOWN     MEDIATYPE-----------MEDIA2       COMPACTION------------NO     SPEC-ATTRIBUTE -----NONE
       STORAGE-GROUP---*SCRTCH*     USE-ATTRIBUTE------SCRATCH       EXPIRATION------2010-12-31   LAST-MOUNTED--2001-01-01
       CHECKPOINT-------------Y     ERROR-STATUS-------NOERROR       WRITE-PROTECTED----------N   LAST-WRITTEN--2001-01-01
       SHELF-LOCATION------------(NULL)
       OWNER---------------(NULL)