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CHECKIN Command—Check in a Tape Marked Out-of-area

Use the CHECKIN command to check in a tape that was previously marked out-of-area.

This command has the following format:

From the system console, this command has the following format:

nn,'U,vvvvvv,CHECKIN[,DSN=dsname]'

From a non-system console, this command has the following format:

U,vvvvvv,CHECKIN[,DSN=dsname]

If the tape is part of a multivolume chain, the CHECKIN is required to be performed against the first volume and updates all volumes in the chain. TIQ responds with the following:

VOLSER=vvvvvv DSN=dsname
OUTCODE=oldvalue WILL BE CHANGED TO BLANKS
OUTDATE=oldvalue WILL BE CHANGED TO ZEROS
SLOT=oldvalue WILL BE CHANGED TO HEXZEROS
REPLY 'U' OR 'R'
IEETMS1 AWAITING REQUEST/REPLY (ENTER C TO EXIT CA 1 INQ/UPD SESSION)

If the tape being checked in was under CA 1 Vault Management control (a tape with an OUTCODE and a SLOT number), then the field update to OUTCODE is changed to (blank)VMS, allowing the tape not to be recycled to the off-site vault until it has first been read for input.