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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 use the features of the 3480/3490 cartridge tape drive. CA 1 provides a sample exit that does the following:

• Displays the first eight characters of the tape pool name on 3480/3490 cartridge tape drives.
• Disables 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 more information about this exit, see the Installation Guide.