Identify a List of Devices

You can identify a list of devices for CA MIA management.

To identify a list of devices

Specify the following command:

MIMINIT DEVLIST=value

value

Specifies the device list. This value can be one of the following:

MIMUNITS or membername: Identifies the member of the CA MIM parameter data set that contains the list of tape devices to be controlled and their associated global names. Each line of the device control member names a device address or a range of device addresses that CA MIA controls. The default is MIMUNITS.
NONE: Indicates that you are not placing a list of devices under CA MIA management.

Example: Identify device list

To specify a list of devices to be controlled by CA MIA, specify the following statement in the initialization member:

MIMINIT DEVLIST=MIMUNITS

Notes:

You must place at least one device per system under CA MIA control otherwise CA MIM terminates during initialization. There is no maximum number of devices that CA MIA can manage.
If you specify MIMINIT DEVLIST=NONE, then you must specify DEVCLASS=TAPE. Otherwise, CA MIA will not manage any devices and will terminate at initialization.
If you specify MIMINIT DEVCLASS=NONE, then you must specify DEVLIST=membername otherwise, CA MIA will not manage any devices and will terminate at initialization.
If are using the Autopath feature, then you must define MIMINIT DEVLIST=MIMUNITS.
You may specify both DEVCLASS=TAPE and DEVCLIST=MIMUNITS. If a device does not have an entry in MIMUNITS, the device's global name defaults to the local name and the device will not be eligible for Autopath. If a device has an entry in MIMUNITS, the global name and Autopath eligibility are determined by the MIMIUNITS entry.