3480/3490 Cartridge Tape Drive Support

A special exit point available on MVS/ESA 3.1.1 (JES2 only) systems and above enables you to better utilize the features of the 3480/3490 cartridge tape drive. CA 1 provides a sample exit to allow the first eight characters of the tape pool name to be displayed on 3480/3490 cartridge tape drives. This exit also allows CA 1 to disable the automatic cartridge loader (ACL), if present, to prevent the ejection of all tapes in the ACL when a NOT SCRATCH condition occurs from Scratch Pool Management.

Note: For information about the installation of this exit, see the Installation Guide.