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The following VMF values are displayed. To change them online, type a new value over the old value and press Enter. For more information on the VMF values, see Appendix A.

Header

This value:

Gives this information about the volume:

CDS

Relative sequence number of the controlling data set (must be changed using the UPV command)

FILECNT

Total number of data sets on this volume

FILESEQ

Relative file sequence number of this data set

SCRATCH

If it was scratched: YES or NO

SERVICE

If it is IN or OUT of service

VOLCNT

Total number of volumes used for this data set

VOLSEQ

Its relative volume sequence number

VSN

Its volume serial number

Data Set Information

This value:

Gives this information about a data set:

ABEND

1 if the last job abended or blank for normal completion (to change the value from 1, type a zero over the 1)

BLKCNT

Number of blocks this data set fills up

BLKSIZE

Number of characters per block

CDATE

Creation date

CERTDT

Date the tape was last certified

CER-CNT

Number of times the tape has been certified

CJOB

Name of the job that created this data set

CLEANDT

Date the tape was last cleaned

CLN-CNT

Number of times the tape has been cleaned

CSTEP

Name of the job step that created this data set

CTIME

Creation time

CUNIT

Device address for the creation tape drive

DEN

Density of the tape, in bytes per inch (BPI): 200, 556, 800 1600, 6250, CART, IDRC, 36TK

DSN

Name of the first data set, unless another one was requested

EXPDT

IBM expiration date (from LABEL=EXPDT)

KEEPDT

Data set keep date as calculated by CA TLMS

LABEL

Type of label: S, N, U, A, X (for NSL), B

LDATE

Date data set was last used

LJOB

Name of the job that last used the data set

LRECL

Number of characters per record (record length)

LUNIT

Drive address of tape drive that last used the data set

PCTVOL

Total percent of volume used.

Note: The PCTVOL value will display as the second value in the LENGTH field.

PCTFIL

Percent of volume used for this data set.

Note: The PCTFIL value displays as the first value in the PERCENT field.

PCTCMP

Percent of compaction achieved for this data set.

Note: The PCTCMP value displays as the second value in the PERCENT field.

RECFM

Record format: F, V, FB, VB, VBS, FBS or U

TRTCH

Type of track recording for a 7-track tape: E, T, C, X

USAGE

Percent of the length of tape that the data set uses. Also, the percent of compression of the data set.

USER

User field. Default is job accounting code taken from the JOB statement when the data set was created

Volume Information

This value

Gives this information about the volume:

BOXCCSS

Code for specific box or cabinet slot

CER-USE

Number of times used since last certification

CLN-USE

Number of times used since last cleaning

ERG

Number of permanent write errors when the current data sets were created

EXPDT

Volume expiration date: the highest date on the volume. (Informational only and does not affect retention.)

KEEPDT

Volume keep date: the highest date on the volume. (Informational only and does not affect retention.)

LENGTH

Physical length of the tape, in feet. It will also display the total percent of volume used.

LOC

Code for physical storage location

MAX-ERG

Maximum number of permanent write errors found during data set creation over the life of the volume

MFG

Manufacturer code defined at your site to identify tape brands

MOVEDT

Date the volume was last moved

OUTDATE

Date the tape volume was made out-of-service

OUTSRV

Any non-blank code means tape is out of service

OWNER

The EDM (if any) which own the volume

PURCHDT

Date the tape was purchased

READERR

Number of temporary read errors when the tape was last processed

RTN-SCHED

Retention schedule applied by the RMF:

  • (0) Volume cleared or not processed by TRS
  • (1) Data center or first entry in the RMF rule
  • (2) 2nd location in the RMF rule
  • (3) 3rd location in the RMF rule
  • (4) 4th location in the RMF rule
  • (5) 5th location in the RMF rule
  • (6) 6th location in the RMF rule

TAPETYP

A code defined at your site to identify tape types

SCRDT

Date the volume was scratched