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

CREATE VOLUMEENTRYshelfa 1-to-32 character shelf location information field. If you use commas,semicolons, embedded blanks, parentheses, or slashes, enclose the entiredescription in single quotation marks. The default is blanks.Abbreviation: SHELFLOCSPECIALATTRIBUTE{READCOMPATIBLE|NONE}shows special attributes of the tape volume. Use this only for private tapevolumes. Scratch tape volumes default to NONE.READCOMPATIBLEOn subsequent allocations, the system uses read compatible devices forallocation of this tape volume.Abbreviation: RDCOMPATNONErequires no special tape attributes.Abbreviation: SATTRSTORAGEGROUP(groupname)Identifies the storage group name.groupnameis the 1-to-8 character name of the storage group in which this tape volumeis defined. The default is blanks. If the USEATTRIBUTE=SCRATCH,however, the storage group name defaults to *SCRTCH*.Abbreviation: STORGRPUSEATTRIBUTE{SCRATCH|PRIVATE}can be SCRATCH for scratch volumes or PRIVATE for private volumes. If youuse SCRATCH, the storage group name is set to *SCRTCH*, and the expirationdate is set to blanks.Abbreviation: UATTRWRITEDATE(wrtdate)identifies the date that a data set on a tape volume was last opened forwriting.wrtdateis a date, YYYY-MM-DD. See “Tape Library Date Formats” on page 9 for adescription of valid date values. The default for this parameter is blanks.Abbreviation: WDATEWRITEPROTECT|NOWRITEPROTECTidentifies whether the tape volume is write protected or not. If you do not usethis, write protect status is unknown.WRITEPROTECTindicates that the tape volume is write protected.Abbreviation: WPRTSetting WRITEPROTECT in the tape volume entry does not automaticallywrite protect your volume. It is an informational setting that is recordedwhen software detects that the volume is write protected and is not usedby software when determining whether the volume is protected. For avolume to be write protected, you will still need to set the write protect tabChapter 10. CREATE VOLUMEENTRY 109