Creating a LIBRARY Record: Example 2

This example creates a record for LIBRARY ATLLIB1.
//CREATLIB JOB  ...
//STEP1    EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSPRINT DD   SYSOUT=A
//SYSIN    DD   *
     CREATE LIBRARYENTRY -
           (NAME(ATLLIB1) -
           LIBRARYID(12345) -
           LOGICALTYPE(AUTOMATED) -
           NUMBERSLOTS(14800) -
           NUMBEREMPTYSLOTS(1000) -
           NUMBERSCRATCHVOLUMES(MEDIA3(500)) -
           SCRATCHTHRESHOLD(MEDIA3(200)) -
           DESCRIPTION(TEST LIBRARY ATLLIB1) -
           CONSOLENAME(TESTCON)
 
The parameters are:
  • LIBRARYENTRY indicates that an entry describing an entire LIBRARY is being created.
  • NAME specifies that the name of the LIBRARYENTRY being created is ATLLIB1.
  • NUMBERSCRATCHVOLUMES specifies the total number of volumes available as scratch volumes for MEDIA3 to be 500.
  • SCRATCHTHRESHOLD specifies that when the number of scratch volumes available for MEDIA3 falls below 200, an operator action message will be issued.