CA Dynam for VSE User Guide

DYNCAT Commands
For a FakeTape file:
VTAPFILE='FAKETAPE.FILE.VOLSER'
VTAPLOC=
Optional parameter. Specifies that the tape will be defined as a virtual scratch
tape. This parameter is mutually exclusive with the VIRTAPE parameter. If this
parameter is specified, VTAPFILE must also be specified. The following
operands must be enclosed in apostrophes.
FTAPE
VSAM
Ipaddr:port
The virtual file is a FakeTape file.
The virtual file is a VTAPE file in VSAM. The LOC=
parameter on the VTAPE START command issued by
CA Dynam/T will be set to VSAM .
The virtual file is an external VTAPE file. The LOC=
parameter on the VTAPE START command issued by
CA Dynam/T will be set to the specified IP address and
port number.
Example
The following example places three volume serial numbers in the Catalog.
Each one is to be flagged for cleaning after 50 tape errors. They are long tapes
and are to be written at 6250 BPI.
// JOB ADD TAPES TO SCRATCH POOL
// EXEC DYNCAT,SIZE=128K
SCRPOOL VOLSER=(601,602,603) CLEAN=50 LEN=L DENSITY=6250
/*
/&
STATUS Command
Use the STATUS command to display the current Catalog file utilization
statistics on SYSLST.
The format of the command is shown below.
STATUS
(no associated operands)
The display contains the following information:
• Number of:
−
−
−
Tape volumes in the Catalog
Tape volumes containing active datasets
Active versions of datasets recorded in the Catalog
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