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DEDICATE Subcommand

Use the ENTRY DEDICATE command to add or remove or replace a DEDICATE statement in a USER, IDENTITY, SUBCONFIG, or PROFILE directory entry.

ENTRY entryname Dedicate vdev {"Parms"} [( "Options"]

Parms:

  "Dasd Parms" [R/O] [NOQIOASSIST] [USERACCESSED userid]
| "Tape Parms"
| "Other Parms"
| DELETE
| ?

Dasd Parms:

  rdev [[VOLID] volid]
| [[VOLID] volid]

Tape Parms:

rdev [R/O] "Tape User Parms"

Tape User Parms:

  [SINGLEUSER] [NOASSIGN] [NOQIOASSIST]
|  MULTUSER    [NOASSIGN] [NOQIOASSIST]

Other Parms:

rdev [NOQIOASSIST] [USERACCESSED userid]

Options:

[MSG | NOMSG]
[FILE [filename]]
["Stack Options"]
[STEM stemname]

Stack Options:

  FIFO
| LIFO
| STACK [FIFO | LIFO]

Definitions

entryname

Specifies the name of the directory entry to process.

vdev

Uniquely identifies the virtual device address.

DELETE

Removes the matching statement from the entry.

?

Returns the matching statements from the entry. The values are passed to the caller in a message, on the program stack, or in a REXX stem.

[FILE [filename]]

[MSG | NOMSG]

[STACK [FIFO | LIFO]]

[FIFO]

[LIFO]

[STEM stemname]

These options are explained in Common API Command Options.

The remaining operands are the same as those on a DEDICATE statement. For details on the DEDICATE statement, refer to the definitions in the section on that statement in the IBM CP Planning and Administration publication for your release of VM.