ALTER LIBRARYENTRY

The ALTER LIBRARYENTRY command modifies the attributes of an existing tape library entry. Use this command to recover from tape volume catalog errors.

Because access method services cannot change the library manager inventory in an automated tape library, use Interactive Storage Management Facility (ISMF) for normal tape library alter functions.

The syntax of the access method services ALTER LIBRARYENTRY command is:

Command Parameters
ALTER entryname
  LIBRARYENTRY
  [CONSOLENAME(consolename)]
  [DESCRIPTION(desc)]
  [LIBDEVTYPE(devtype)]
  [LIBRARYID(libid)]
  [LOGICALTYPE{AUTOMATED|MANUAL}]
  [NULLIFY([LIBDEVTYPE][LOGICALTYPE])]
  [NUMBEREMPTYSLOTS(numslots)]
  [NUMBERSCRATCHVOLUMES(MEDIA1(num) MEDIA2(num) MEDIA3(num) MEDIA4(num) MEDIA5(num) MEDIA6(num) MEDIA7(num) MEDIA8(num) MEDIA9(num) MEDIA10(num) MEDIA11(num) MEDIA12(num) MEDIA13(num))]
  [NUMBERSLOTS(numslots)]
  [SCRATCHTHRESHOLD(MEDIA1(num) MEDIA2(num) MEDIA3(num) MEDIA4(num) MEDIA5(num) MEDIA6(num) MEDIA7(num) MEDIA8(num) MEDIA9(num) MEDIA10(num) MEDIA11(num) MEDIA12(num) MEDIA13(num))]