z/OS V1R6.0 DFSMS Access Method Services for Catalogs

CREATE VOLUMEENTRYAbbreviation: MDATEOWNERINFORMATION(ownerinfo)provides information about the tape volume’s owner.ownerinfospecifies a 1-to-64 character owner information field. If you use commas,semicolons, embedded blanks, parentheses, or slashes, place the entiredescription in single quotation marks. The default is blanks.Abbreviation: OWNINFORECORDING{18TRACK| 36TRACK| 128TRACK|256TRACK| 384TRACK|EFMT1| UNKNOWN}identifies the recording technique for creating the tape. You can only use thisfor private tape volumes. Scratch tape volumes default to 36TRACK forMEDIA1 and MEDIA2. Scratch tape volumes default to 128TRACK forMEDIA3 and MEDIA4.18TRACKTape was written and must be read on an 18-track device. This parameteris valid only when MEDIATYPE(MEDIA1) is specified.36TRACKTape was written and must be read on a 36-track device. This parameter isvalid only when MEDIATYPE(MEDIA1) or MEDIATYPE(MEDIA2) isspecified. This parameter cannot be specified withSPECIALATTRIBUTE(READCOMPATIBLE).128TRACKTape was written and must be read on a 128-track device. This parameteris valid only when MEDIATYPE(MEDIA3) or MEDIATYPE(MEDIA4) isspecified. This parameter cannot be specified withSPECIALATTRIBUTE(READCOMPATIBLE).256TRACKTape was written and must be read on a 256-track device. This parameteris valid only when MEDIATYPE(MEDIA3) or MEDIATYPE(MEDIA4) isspecified.384TRACKTape was written and must be read on a 384-track device. This parameteris valid only when MEDIATYPE(MEDIA3) or MEDIATYPE(MEDIA4) isspecified.EFMT1Tape was written and must be read on an EFMT1 (enterprise format 1)device.||Note: EFMT1 is valid with MEDIATYPE(MEDIA5), (MEDIA6), (MEDIA7),and (MEDIA8) only.UNKNOWNTape recording technique is unknown.Abbreviation: RECSHELFLOCATION(shelf)identifies the shelf location for a tape volume that resides outside a tapelibrary. This parameter can be included for a library-resident tape volume.108 z/OS V1R6.0 DFSMS Access Method Services for Catalogs