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Control Statement Examples

The following control statement will initialize a new tape with volume serial number 012345:

NEWTAPE SER=012345

To initialize five new tapes with the first five available (deleted) TMC volume serial numbers, use the following:

INTAPE NUMBTAPE=5,SER=012345

Note: In an MVS environment, APF authorization and BLP authorization are required for TMSTPNIT and the modules it calls: CTSPARSE, CTSSIO, and CTSTTIO.