z/VM: CP Commands and Utilities Reference - z/VM - IBM

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Options for Shared Tape Device:
R
R/O
Authorization
Purpose
Operands
MULTIuser
WITH
WITH
NOASSIGN
Privilege Class: B
NOASSIGN
Options for DASD or Other Non-Tape Device:
R
R/O
WITH
DEVCTL
NOCTL
SYSCTL
NOQIOAssist
NOQIOAssist
USERACCessid userid
Use ATTACH to logically connect a:
v Real or logical device to a virtual machine for exclusive use
v Real tape device to a virtual machine for shared use
v DASD to the host system
v Partition of real Expanded Storage to a virtual machine for exclusive use.
ATTACH
rdev
rdev1-rdev2
specifies a real device number, a list of real device numbers, or a range of real
device numbers to be attached to the specified user or to the CP system.
Specify a real device number as 4 hexadecimal digits. You may omit leading
zeros. The maximum number of devices allowed in a range is 256.
If you are not specifying a virtual device number or volume label for the real
device that you are attaching, the virtual device number defaults to the real
device number. You can combine device numbers, lists of device numbers, and
ranges of device numbers on a single command line.
If you are specifying a virtual device number for the device, you can specify
only one real device number when you enter the ATTACH command.
ldev
ldev1-ldev2
specifies a logical device number, a list of logical device numbers, or a range of
logical device numbers to be attached to the specified user. Specify a logical
device number as an “L” followed by up to 4 hexadecimal digits. You may omit
leading zeros.
If you are not specifying a virtual device number for the logical device that you
are attaching, the virtual device number defaults to the logical device number.
You can combine device numbers, lists of device numbers, and ranges of
device numbers on a single command line.
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