Altering a VOLUME Entry: Example 3

This example alters the entry name that describes volume 0A2991.

//ALTERVOL JOB ...
//STEP1    EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSPRINT DD   SYSOUT=A
//SYSIN    DD   *
     ALTER VOLUMEENTRY(V0A2991)-
           LIBRARYNAME(ATLIB02)-
           USEATTRIBUTE(SCRATCH)-
           MEDIATYPE(MEDIA6)-
           RECORDING(EFMT1)

The parameters that are used in this example are as follows:

ALTER VOLUMEENTRY indicates that an entry that describes a single volume in a library is being altered.
V0A2991 specifies that the name of the volume being altered is V0A2991 and that the volser is 0A2991.
LIBRARYNAME specifies that the name of the library with which this volume record is associated is ATLIB02.
USEATTRIBUTE identifies the volume as being a SCRATCH tape.
MEDIATYPE specifies the media type as MEDIA6.
RECORDING specifies the recording technology as EFMT1.