Utilities and Procedures › CTSDEU - Data Erase › Parameter Definitions

Parameter Definitions

You can specify more than one parameter. The parameters specified are processed in the order shown, not in the order of their appearance in the EXEC statement.

ERASE

Reads the tape header label and verifies the following:

• The tape is in the CA TLMS Volume Master File (VMF).
• The tape is not a virtual tape.
• The dataset names match those records in the VMF.

If the volume serial number was not supplied by VOLLABI (the VOLSER from the VOL1 record on SL or AL tapes), you must supply the volume serial number.

Note: When ERASE is used on a Scratch Tape, we assume you want to erase the whole tape. Using LABEL=(1,BLP) causes the catalog record to remain in Scratch Status. The DSN field in your tape catalog will be changed to:

SYSddddd.Tnnnnnn.RA000.CTSDEU.INITDSN where ddddd is the date that it was initialized and nnnnnn is the time of day.

NOERASE

Reads the tape header label and verifies that the tape matches the VMF, but no residual data is erased. Because the erase is not performed, your intervention is suppressed.

Note: If the NOERASE parameter is used on a scratch tape, the specified scratch tape is removed from scratch status. Only the volume specified in your JCL is mounted.

Default: ERASE

ALL

Indicates that all volumes of the requested tape file should be secured. When sets of tapes are produced, they are filled completely, overlaying any old data, but if force end of volume (FEOV) macro is used to produce short tapes, data previously written may not be overlaid.

LAST

Indicates that only the last volume of the requested tape file will be secured. All volumes of the requested file are read but only the last volume is secured.

Default: ALL

LIST

Produces a detailed list of the contents of the requested volumes.

NOLIST

A detailed list is not produced.

Default: NOLIST