Creating a VOLUME Entry: Example 2

This example creates a volume entry for volume 0A2991.

//CREATVOL JOB  ...
//STEP1    EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSPRINT DD   SYSOUT=A
//SYSIN    DD   *
     CREATE VOLUMEENTRY(V0A2991)-
            (NAME(V0A2991)         -
            LIBRARYNAME(ATLIB02)  -
            LOCATION(LIBRARY)     -
            USEATTRIBUTE(SCRATCH) -
            MEDIATYPE(MEDIA7)     -
            RECORDING(EFMT1))

The parameters used in this example are as follows:

CREATE VOLUMEENTRY indicates that an entry describing a single volume in a library is being created.
V0A2991 specifies that the name of the volume entry being created is V0A2991 and the volser is 0A2991.
LIBRARYNAME specifies that the name of the library with which this volume record is associated is ATLIB02.
LOCATION when LIBRARYNAME is specified, location must also be set as LIBRARY, otherwise it will default to SHELF.
USEATTRIBUTE identifies the volume as being a SCRATCH tape.
MEDIATYPE specifies the media type as MEDIA7.
RECORDING specifies the recording technology as EFMT1.