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Special Utility Commands

As a time-saving feature, special update and inquiry commands are provided for frequently recurring activities. You must be authorized (through the Security Table) to issue these commands.

Volume Record Commands

ADD

Activates an inactive (deleted) volume serial number to make it available for use. The volume serial number must be in the TMC and in inactive (delete) status.

CHECKIN

Checks in a tape that was previously marked out-of-area.

CLEANED

Updates cleaning statistics to indicate that a tape volume has been cleaned. This function tells CA 1 that a tape was cleaned before it was marked as needing cleaning on the Scratch and Clean List.

Note: The CLEANED utility cannot be used for 3592 WORM tapes.

DELETE

Marks a tape volume as inactive (deleted) when the volume is in scratch status, making the volume unavailable for use and for most reporting.

EXLBL

Generates an external label request for a volume serial number or a cataloged data set. The label request is routed to the Online Label Interface for processing and printing.

EXPIRE

Changes the expiration date of a volume to the current system date.

EXTEND

Extends the expiration date of a volume for a specified number of days from the current expiration date.

RETAIN

Sets the expiration date of a volume to a specified number of days from the creation date.

Note: The CHECKOUT command is not available for TIQ. To check out a tape, update the volume record with the desired OUTCODE. The OUTDATE is automatically updated to the system date.

DSNB Record Commands

EXPIRE

Changes the expiration date for the DSNB to the current date.

EXTEND

Extends the expiration date of a DSNB for a specified number of days from the expiration date.

RETAIN

Sets the expiration date of a DSNB to a specified number of days from the creation date.

In addition to the special utility commands, a stand-alone tailoring command is available for use with all displays:

DATEFMT='fmt'

Specifies the date format that is accepted for all external dates.

The special utility commands and the DATEFMT command are discussed in detail on the following pages. They are presented in alphabetical order for easy reference.

Note: Updates to volume or DSNB record fields cannot be combined with the special utility requests discussed in the next section.